question (if your black don't get offended)
- Thread starter Tooper
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i wouldn't direct this topic at "black" people. not all black people are dark skinned and not all dark skinned people are black. as for your question, i would say yes. dark colors absorb heat while light colors emit it. skins a whole different story though we all feel the heat. but i'm not white so i wouldnt' know for sure. ask michael. he'll know. i do feel the sun pickin' on me sometimes.
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Why is it, then, that when I go out, I'm more likely to see a Caucasian sweating with his skin all red.
Also, if Africans are dark-skinned, it must've happened as an adaptation to their habitat, meaning the darker pigmentation in their skin could be a "defense" for heat. Or, it could be that over the generations, they've been exposed to nothing but the sun's light and their bodies went through some sort of skin reaction.
I guess we'd have to ask someone who knows somebody who would know.
Also, if Africans are dark-skinned, it must've happened as an adaptation to their habitat, meaning the darker pigmentation in their skin could be a "defense" for heat. Or, it could be that over the generations, they've been exposed to nothing but the sun's light and their bodies went through some sort of skin reaction.
I guess we'd have to ask someone who knows somebody who would know.
Black folks do get sunburned but not as easy as pasty ass white folks(Shea...lol). My homie would avoid the sun at all costs, because he said he turns hella dark.
Also, my cousin who is mexican and dark, got cornrows in her hair and she never had been sunburned in her life, but the skin on her head between the cornrows got hella burnt and she was in pain.
IM like you Shea, if im going outside on a hot day im throwing on sunblock. Its embarassing as hell to have a lobster red sunburn, I avoid that at all costs. Plus I like having a nice dark tan, it looks healthy.
Also, my cousin who is mexican and dark, got cornrows in her hair and she never had been sunburned in her life, but the skin on her head between the cornrows got hella burnt and she was in pain.
IM like you Shea, if im going outside on a hot day im throwing on sunblock. Its embarassing as hell to have a lobster red sunburn, I avoid that at all costs. Plus I like having a nice dark tan, it looks healthy.
skin color. o.k. my brother is a white (not literaly just his skin) filipino his skin is white.he uses sunblock when fishing on a boat.if he don't- he'd get sunburned and turn all red and chafe.me i'm a light skined filipino and yes i'm skinny.i sweat very little too roxy.i wonder if that has anything to do with it.anyway my cousins from phillipines are dark like arabs.they're used to the heat.
hmmm
dark skin better protection?
oh and i was out in sac in a hundred degree weather but i did'nt get as dark as i thought it would.
sumthing strange going on i used to get a good tan.i look like a shade darker only.
i can't figure it out?
i think darker skin is better protection.cause why would we get dark in the sun anyway?
yes i think.
hmmm
dark skin better protection?
oh and i was out in sac in a hundred degree weather but i did'nt get as dark as i thought it would.
sumthing strange going on i used to get a good tan.i look like a shade darker only.
i can't figure it out?
i think darker skin is better protection.cause why would we get dark in the sun anyway?
yes i think.
Heat is a relative question...you can't ask a black man if he feels heat more than white man...neither of them that race they can't comment on it or know how the other one feels...
It also comes down to location where you live...example...Me, I'm born an raised in Sacramento-100 degree summers. I move to Santa Barbara where it be like 80-85 and everyone is complaining about how hot it is...and I'm cool as fuck, enjoying...
Also in the winter Sac can get to 40-50 degrees...Santa Barbara mostly will in the low 60's...and everyone would be bundled up and I'm still wearing t-shirts...
It also comes down to location where you live...example...Me, I'm born an raised in Sacramento-100 degree summers. I move to Santa Barbara where it be like 80-85 and everyone is complaining about how hot it is...and I'm cool as fuck, enjoying...
Also in the winter Sac can get to 40-50 degrees...Santa Barbara mostly will in the low 60's...and everyone would be bundled up and I'm still wearing t-shirts...