If you can tan does it mean you are not pure white?

Question

I read somewhere that pure white people dont tan and that if you do you arent pure white but have recent dark-skinned ancestors.

I read that pure white people dont get a tan.

Answer 1

Yes it is true pure white people cannot tan my friends pure white and she just turns red in the sun or gets sun burn. Genetically white people are not suppose to have menalin in their bodies because of the cold areas that they livei n usally. i read that some where too, so if you manage to get a tan its probally because you had ancesters that passed the menalin on to you because of their dark skin, its been 1000 of years no one really knows who they can be related to.
But the pure white thing is definately true that why some white people can get a tan and some cannot at all. Your not being racist people on here are just easy to upset.

Answer 2

That all depends on what ethnicity you consider pure white. Germans? Swedes? english? Some of those tan and some don't but it doesn't mean you have dark-skinned ancestors.

Answer 3

So does that mean if a dark skinned person becomes white or of lighter complexion because let's say...he/she doesn't go out in the sun for months, then he/she is not really pure non-white? LOL...WHOOOOA!

Answer 4

I'm part Native American and I tan very well. My mom's pure white and she tans too. Maybe it's just steryotypes.

Answer 5

no body is pure nowadays .. nowaday some loser just comeup with some theory just to make themselves look supprior than other people. who cares if tan or not there are better things to think about than worry about some useless theory. just be happy you are still alive

Answer 6

of course not... its a matter of skin type.. for e.g. i am white and i cant tan.. unlike my brother who is very tanned..


please excuse my english... and by the way: what did u take? cuz i want some

Answer 7

I don't know where you would read such a thing, but if I were you, I would check the validity of my reading material a little closer. Incredibly ignorant statement.

Answer 8

kid i dont even know where to start. skin pigmentation has nothing to do with purity of anything. pigmentation is controled by the amount of melanin. so people produce more then others through genetics or outside facters

melanin is
Broadly, melanin is any of the polyacetylene, polyaniline, and polypyrrole "blacks" and "browns" or their mixed copolymers. The most common form of biological melanin is a polymer of either or both of two monomer molecules: indolequinone, and dihydroxyindole carboxylic acid. Melanin exists in the plant, animal and protista kingdoms, where it serves as a pigment. The presence of melanin in the archaea and bacteria kingdoms is an issue of ongoing debate amongst researchers in the field.
In humans, melanin is found in skin, hair, the pigmented tissue underlying the iris, the medulla and zona reticularis of the adrenal gland, the stria vascularis of the inner ear, and in pigment bearing neurons of certain deep brain nuclei such as the locus ceruleus and the substantia nigra. Melanin is the primary determinant of human skin color.

Dermal melanin is produced by melanocytes, which are found in the stratum basale of the epidermis. Although human beings generally possess a similar concentration of melanocytes in their skin, the melanocytes in some individuals and ethnic groups more frequently or less frequently express the melanin-producing genes, thereby conferring a greater or lesser concentration of skin melanin. Some individual animals and humans have very little or no melanin in their bodies, a condition known as albinism.

Because melanin is an aggregate of smaller component molecules, there are a number of different types of melanin with differing proportions and bonding patterns of these component molecules. Both pheomelanin and eumelanin are found in human skin and hair, but eumelanin is the most abundant melanin in humans, as well as the form most likely to be deficient in albinism.

Eumelanin polymers have long been thought to comprise numerous cross-linked 5,6-dihydroxyindole (DHI) and 5,6-dihydroxyindole-2-carboxyl... acid (DHICA) polymers; recent research into the electrical properties of eumelanin, however, has indicated that it may consist of more basic oligomers adhering to one another by some other mechanism. Thus, the precise nature of eumelanin's molecular structure is once again the object of study.[citation needed] Eumelanin is found in hair and skin, and colors hair grey, black, yellow, and brown. In humans, it is more abundant in peoples with dark skin. There are two different types of eumelanin, which are distinguished from each other by their pattern of polymer bonds. The two types are black eumelanin and brown eumelanin. A small amount of black eumelanin in the absence of other pigments causes grey hair. A small amount of brown eumelanin in the absence of other pigments causes yellow (blond) color hair.

Pheomelanin is also found in hair and skin and is more abundant in lighter skinned humans. Pheomelanin imparts a pink to red hue and, thus, is found in particularly large quantities in red hair. Pheomelanin is particularly concentrated in the lips, nipples, glans of the penis, and vagina. Pheomelanin also may become carcinogenic when exposed to the ultraviolet rays of the sun. Chemically, pheomelanin differs from eumelanin in that its oligomer structure incorporates the amino acid L-cysteine, as well as DHI and DHICA units.

Neuromelanin is the dark pigment present in pigment bearing neurons of four deep brain nuclei: the substantia nigra (in Latin, literally "black substance") - Pars Compacta part, the locus ceruleus ("blue spot"), the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve (cranial nerve X), and the median raphe nucleus of the pons. Both the substantia nigra and locus ceruleus can be easily identified grossly at the time of autopsy due to their dark pigmentation. In humans, these nuclei are not pigmented at the time of birth, but develop pigmentation during maturation to adulthood. Although the functional nature of neuromelanin is unknown in the brain, it may be a byproduct of the synthesis of monoamine neurotransmitters for which the pigmented neurons are the only source. The loss of pigmented neurons from specific nuclei is seen in a variety of neurodegenerative diseases. In Parkinson's disease there is massive loss of dopamine producing pigmented neurons in the substantia nigra. A common finding in advanced Alzheimer's disease is almost complete loss of the norepinephrine producing pigmented neurons of the locus ceruleus. Neuromelanin has been detected in primates and in carnivores such as cats and dogs.


edit if any one wants to be pure white for a day (or 3 months) go to a taxiderist and spill some 30% hydrogen peroxide on urself. bleaches your skin, see it every fall up here in alaska see people walking around white these snow white blocthes on there hands. btw h2o2 u buy at store is only 3% and doesnt work

Answer 9

No, that is ridiculous, all humans have melanin and the color of one's skin is not the only determinant of race. Race goes far deeper than skin tone.

Answer 10

pure white people are usually so very very white
because they are dead
or work in a flour factory