im not a racist ok. but im very curious
2006-09-05 07:26:23 · 15 answers · asked by braveheart 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Black does not signify just the "color of the skin." It has to do with hair texture and facial features. People come in all shades and there are lots of ethnic groups who are dark, but not black. Indonesians,Polynesians, Hawaiians,Indians, Bangladeshis and others are example of this. White americans are sometimes so ignorant--they want to lump all asians toegether--for instance, all orientals are chinese or japanese in their eyes, when in reality, we have Chinese, Koreans, Jpapanese, Fillipinos, etc. Look at facial structure (cheek bones, nose, lips, eyes--not just skin!)
2006-09-05 07:49:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The colour of Indian skin is due to the pigment Melanin. It increases in number when exposed to skin. It protects the people from UV radiation and hence against most of the skin cancers. That is why the incidence of skin cancers in India is 1/10th of the incidence in Western countries. Hence the colour is the protection offered by Nature to protect from sun rays.
2006-09-05 16:39:42 · answer #2 · answered by naveen x 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am an Indian. Acually the people from south india are black and the rest of the country has a weatish colour
2006-09-05 07:29:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I saw a Globe Trekker episode in which there is a tribe of blacks on an Island off of India. They don't know how they got there and most of them have died off due to Western illnesses. They are protected now.
I just found this website on skin pigmentation.
http://anthro.palomar.edu
2006-09-05 09:57:00 · answer #4 · answered by Laughing Libra 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dravidians in south india have black skin .dravidians are the natural inhabitants of India.anyway u are not a racist,i like that.body colur is one among the varieties that makes the world.
2006-09-05 10:06:27 · answer #5 · answered by satish ,the great 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you read The History of the world By H.G.Wells
You will learn about the inter mixing of races and cultures for the past 6000 years. This will answer your doubt
2006-09-05 23:44:02 · answer #6 · answered by Brahmanda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sun is very hot and intense in this region. It stimulates the pigments in the skin. But younger generation is getting fairer day by day, as they sit in air-conditioned rooms all day and never go out in the sun.
2006-09-05 07:51:00 · answer #7 · answered by Rustic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think about it more closely. Are all Americans 1 race? People are the same no matter what country and nationality they are from.
2006-09-05 08:21:37 · answer #8 · answered by Renee S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
south india is very hot and people are very poor they actually at the birth he will be white after that at work he will be black if he is black his child also in black
2006-09-05 07:35:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
melanin pigment decides the colours. Temperature of the place one lives, Heriditary nature and certain other factors decide on this issue
2006-09-05 09:06:31 · answer #10 · answered by PP 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋