Hey bruh, don't let these insane cowards get to you. Keep doing you on here. I personally enjoy exposing their fake azzes. Understand this, they really believe in their learned psychosis of race and racism. These mf's actually believe that a lack of melanin in their skin, a ubiquitous biochemical that's in every fckn animal on the planet, makes them better. How fckn ridiculous is that concept? No science, no medical research, absolutely nothing remotely reasonable nor logical to base such a belief other than their psycho racist rhetoric. Just to point out how fckn stupid and ridiculous such a belief is, it would be like claiming the albino snake is better than all other snakes, the albino whale is better than all other whales or any albino animal of any given species is better because it lacks color. How fckn stupid is that? Yet they hold on to it because they have a system built on which works to their advantage and to the disadvantage of all others. Therefore, they remain committed to the ignorance and dedicated to the lie. I'd eat their baseless b.s. for lunch any day of the week in a debate and I'd bet my membership on that shyt, Mr Cashville! A few tidbits on melanin since they oddly enough leave the shyt out of all American education studies. Hmmm, wonder why???
"Melanins are important biomolecules that perform diverse functions and are produced endogenously by almost all living organisms"
http://jeb.biologists.org/content/218/22/3632
"Melanin is a complex polymer derived from the amino acid tyrosine. Melanin is responsible for determining skin and hair colour and is present in the skin to varying degrees, depending on how much a population has been exposed to the sun historically.
Melanin synthesis
Numerous steps are involved in the biosynthesis of melanin. The first step is catalysis of the chemical L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine by tyrosinase. A lack of tyrosine can lead to albinism. Tyrosine is only found in a specialized cells called melanocytes, inside which tiny granules of melanin pigment are contained in vesicles called melanosomes.
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These melanosomes leave the melanocytes and move into other cells in the epidermis. Mostly brown or black in colour, melanin deposits determine the skin pigment which varies depending on the number and distribution of the melanosomes. Aside from determining skin colour, the light absorbent melanin protects the DNA against UV radiation from the sun and it is considered a potential candidate in melanoma treatment.
Melanin is found in several areas of the human body including:
- Skin where it provides skin color
- Hair
- Pupils or irises of the eyes
- Stria vascularis of the inner ear
- Areas of the brain, the substantia nigra and locus coeruleus
- The medulla and zona reticularis of the adrenal gland
Types of melanin
Some of the different types of melanin include eumelanin, pheomelanin and neuromelanin. Eumelanin is found in the hair, skin and dark areas around the nipples. It is particularly abundant among black populations and provides black and brown pigment to the hair, skin and eyes.
When eumelanin is present only in small amounts, hair may be blonde.
Pheomelanin is also found in the hair and skin. This type of melanin provides pink and red colors and is the main pigment found among red-haired individuals. This type of melanin is not as protective against UV- radiation induced cancer as eumelanin.
Neuromelanin is a form of melanin found in different areas of the brain and loss of this melanin may cause several neurological disorders.
Reviewed by Sally Robertson, BSc
