Jun 9, 2012

The Illusion of Skin Colour

Elementary school students gather together to illustrate the wide variation in skin tone among humans.

Skin Colour is an obsession for many all over the world. A scientific view involving an understanding of Evolution is crucial even if only just to protect our own health.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_skin_color
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/07/3/text_pop/l_073_04.html
http://anthro.palomar.edu/adapt/adapt_4.htm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/04/racism-skin-colour-shades-prejudice
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/242679.php
http://brainperception.tumblr.com/post/499917530/the-illusion-of-skin-color-and-race
http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/genetics/skin-color
http://evoanth.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/genes-for-skin-colour-identified/
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/153945664/1ne-drop-conversations-on-skin-color-race-and-iden
http://scholar.harvard.edu/jlhochschild/publications/skin-color-paradox-and-american-racial-order
TED Video (Jablonski)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOSPNVunyFQ

Freddie Kissoon
http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2012/06/24/usain-bolt-his-white-girl-friend-black-guyana-and-freud/
Al-Jazeera
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/07/20127108213972410.html

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