Why did God make it that only white people have such a variety of hair, skin and eye color?

Question

Why did God make it so that most people on the rest of the globe have dark hair and eyes?

Answer 1

Viking's damn them

Answer 2

Because although white people have similar origin in terms of pigment, different hair colour and eyes e.t.c used to be attributed to certain types of the globe i.e Italian/Spanish dark hair, vikings and Nordics red hair, Swiss/dutch blond hair, so although white people are white there are many varieties of white. Essentially the white race only have the type of skin tone that they do in relation to the climate they originate from, dark pigmentation indicates your origins are from an area of the globe where high temperatures exist, the pigmentation is natures way of offering more sun protection-hence why black people don't sunburn as easily. This is also the case for skin and eye colour the colour reflects the level of sun protection-your hear that red heads burn easily as the vikings and Nordics came form colder climates so they had no need for as much sun protection. Eye colour follows the same pattern blond haired Swiss people tend to have blue eyes (less sun Resistance) The only difference now is that we have become integrated globally so most of the traits of climate have become mixed with inter global breeding. You get black people with blue eyes quite commonly now. You are also mixing climate colouring, but having the rules of gene inheritance, some hair and eye colours are dominant genetically over others, brown eyes being a prime example of this. There are also equal differences for example between Asians and Africans in terms of colouring also.

Answer 3

I think you might not be very familiar with people who are not white, that's why you can see the differences amongst white people and not among others. For example there are many many shades of 'dark hair' and 'dark eyes' which you might not be used to differentiate.

An absurd example would be zebras. To most of us they all look alike, but to a zebra, they all look different since they know how to differentiate the stripes, but all humans look alike.

Furthermore, you have learnt to focus your search for differences on the areas where white people exhibit differences, but that doesn't mean these are the best criteria to look for differences in other people. Other physical characteristics like body proportions, shape of nose, shape of eyes... all distinguish people if you look close enough.

I think that your question would be solved if you took a year or two off and went to a different part of the world, culturally, and lived there. Then you would realise the myriad of shapes, colours, sizes, flavours the human race comes in. And if you ascribe these differences to God, then you could marvel in the diversity of creation.

Answer 4

Oh wow. That's not true. What we call "white" is really several different ethnicities. There are blonde, blue-eyed people from some regions. There are dark haired, dark-eyed people from other regions. There are people with Asian features. There are "black" people. So there are really maybe 4 colors of skin.....pale, olive, dark, very dark. What we call "white" is just a generic term for anyone who isn't black or Asian pretty much. So what we call "white" is really not a race, but a BUNCH of races combined into one group called white. THAT's why there's so much diversity. And the fact that most Americans are, as someone else said, mixed-breeds. : ) In other areas of the world, white people aren't as varied as they are here, in the great Melting Pot.

Answer 5

I cannot speak for God, but my thought is geography & climate. People with fair skin see to do much better away from the equator than peoples with darker skin, whether in Asia or Africa, Central America, and the Northern part of South America. Since Europe is mostly in the temperate zone, its indegenous people were fairer skinned. I used to think that people with darker, even black skin were better able to handle the sun, so their presence in more equatorial areas was the reason, but I have found out that even Black or African-descended people can get sunburn too. The hair color has to be something to do again with climate, and probably, at one time diet.
I wish I had a better answer. ASK your science teacher. He/she can probably give you a better asnwer.

Answer 6

It's not only white people...I am black (though some mix in my background). I have green eyes and both of my brothers have green eyes (one of them has eyes that are almost blue, very light colored) and the other one has blonde hair and dark green eyes. All three of us are light-skinned. Ever watch tv? Michael Michele (actress) and Vanessa Williams (former Miss America) are people of color and have green and blue eyes respectively. The list goes on...Tyra Banks, Eva Pigford (Next Top Model winner) to name a few more. Eye color variation is more prevalent among whites but it is found in other races too. Skin and hair differences are found all through other races as well.

Answer 7

Thats not at all true. It just depends where in the world you look. I am African American, I have hazel eyez, and blonde hair (yes its natural). Everyone, regardless of race comes in different varieties. There are some light skinned African Americans (such as myself----and I'm not mixed), there are some darker skinned caucasion people. Everyone is different!!!

Answer 8

Whites are not the only ones with variety....... there were documented Blonde and Blue Eyes in Native Americans before the settlements came (and too far inland to be Vikings), this is also documented in Africa (as well as straight hair and light skin)

Color of hair, skin, and eye is a regional thing. Perhaps the 'variety' you are familiar with is because of the 'variety' of climates they were exposed to...........

Answer 9

People with dark skin have a chemical called 'melanin' which makes them black. This melanin is also found in the hair, so if you have a large amount in your body, as black people do, your hair will also be very dark.
White people have less melanin and so different hair colours can be seen as it is not overwhelmed by the chemical. This is also why people with fair hair or red hair also tend to have very pale skin.

Answer 10

He didn't. Us white people with such a variety are actually a product of mixed breeds. We're mutts.

Answer 11

A fine question, I guess hmm...i'm sure its to do with evolution, and maybe snow, the artic and all, is there anyone who lives as close to the antartic as we do to the artic, yes, australians and new zealanders, but didnt they all come from europe, the aborigines were there before, as were the north americann indians in the usa who are also darker, hmm, where did we all come from then? Some where not sunny and cold, thats my answer!