We're
All Pink On The Inside
 Melanin.
It's the substance that determines the color of your skin.
It's also found in the eye, the inner ear and in the heart.
It's what basically separates the Dirk Nowitzkis from the
Kobe Bryants of the world (while at the same time providing
proof
that
skin color doesn't necessarily improve your judgment about
women.)
Did you know that tanning doesn't really increase the melanin
level in lighter-skinned people? What it actually does is
oxidize the existing melanin.
Yes, us white folk are roasting in our own juices at the
beach and at the tanning salon. Bring on the stove top stuffing.
Albinos lack an enzyme called tyrosinase, which why they
produce no melanin at all. Makes you wonder what enzyme keeps
us from being totally transparent. (That would be so COOOOOOOL!)
Their is a primitive belief extant in this world that skin
color affects your quality as a person but, as far as I
can tell, there is no known causal relationship between
melanin
levels
and
lessened
brain function... except among white,
southern Republicans.
I'm not joking here.
A recent poll showed that a significant portion
of WSR's do not believe that Barack Obama has the legal right
to be president because, they say, he is not a U.S. citizen.
In addition, death threats to Mr. Obama have increased to
30 per day. These two facts are not unrelated, and their
common thread is melanin.
This country is full of people who require scapegoats to
justify their moral and economic poverty, and those of darker
skin are perfect targets because they're
easiest to
identify by those of limited imagination. But the real causes
of most of the pain and suffering in this country are due
to
actions
of
the lily-white
denizens who infest the towers of Wall Street.
I'm just saying.
=mike=
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