Global differences in skin colour
Moderator: TalkingPoint
- TalkingPoint
- Teacher/Moderator
- Posts: 251
- Joined: Tue Aug 05, 2003 2:21 pm
- Status: Teacher of English
- Location: England
Global differences in skin colour
What can we do to address the problems created by global differences in skin colour?
What do YOU think?
What do YOU think?
Last edited by TalkingPoint on Sun Oct 01, 2006 7:17 pm, edited 2 times in total.
-
- Rising Star
- Posts: 281
- Joined: Mon Sep 05, 2005 7:37 pm
- Location: jordan
Re: Global differences in skin colour
it is so hard to treat ,,TP wrote:What can we do to address the problems created by global differences in skin colour?
- MissLT
- Top Contributor
- Posts: 2530
- Joined: Wed Apr 06, 2005 3:05 pm
- Status: Other
Re: Global differences in skin colour
To understand that it's just a biological adaptation of evolution and that's it.TP wrote:What can we do to address the problems created by global differences in skin colour?
- Shazzam
- Top Contributor
- Posts: 738
- Joined: Fri Apr 08, 2005 4:40 am
- Location: Australia
Re: Global differences in skin colour
Two words; acceptance and respect.TP wrote:What can we do to address the problems created by global differences in skin colour?
-
- Rising Star
- Posts: 225
- Joined: Thu Feb 17, 2005 8:31 pm
Re: Global differences in skin colour
Amen! You're exactly right.Shazzam wrote:Two words; acceptance and respect.TP wrote:What can we do to address the problems created by global differences in skin colour?
-
- Member
- Posts: 3
- Joined: Sat Dec 10, 2005 5:57 am
- Location: Korea
Re: Global differences in skin colour
I'm agree with you!LennyeTran wrote:To understand that it's just a biological adaptation of evolution and that's it.TP wrote:What can we do to address the problems created by global differences in skin colour?
We need social adaptation of equality
- r1lita
- Member
- Posts: 37
- Joined: Thu Dec 02, 2004 3:15 pm
- Status: Learner of English
- Location: Madagascar
- Shazzam
- Top Contributor
- Posts: 738
- Joined: Fri Apr 08, 2005 4:40 am
- Location: Australia
Exactly Shokin. 8) It sometimes isn't even about the differences in skin colour. It can be whether you wear glasses, or fat or skinny, you wear the right clothes with the right labels etc. People discriminate over all sorts of stupid things.shokin wrote:The fear of difference.
The excessive appearence-addiction (giving too much credibilty to appearence).
Shokin
![Rolling Eyes :roll:](./images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif)
-
- Member
- Posts: 2
- Joined: Thu Jan 12, 2006 7:29 am
- Location: China
difference is good.
Different some times is a good thing.Can you imagin the world with same-look face?Thanks to differents,life is more meaningful!
- Amelia66me
- Member
- Posts: 4
- Joined: Sat Aug 21, 2004 10:31 am
- Location: China
Re: Global differences in skin colour
Well, sometimes I really don't understand why people have prejudice against people of different colors. I have a couple of black friends suffered from ill treatment from others when they were trying to find a job. Does the color have anything to do with how my friends work? Nobody can choose his or her color when he or she is born, right?TP wrote:What can we do to address the problems created by global differences in skin colour?
-
- Member
- Posts: 2
- Joined: Wed Jul 05, 2006 7:27 pm
hi every body,
this is my 1 participation with u in this forum, and i like 2 add sth since i like this topic. as far as im concerned, if all world has the same ideas as the members of this forum , i think that we will live in peace and happiness. but unfortunately there are alot of people who don't respect others especially people of different skin color,or blacks, who suffer alot of humiliation not only in foreign countries but also in their own country, or some times in their neighborhood.
i wish to be an active member in this forum
thank you.
![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
i wish to be an active member in this forum
thank you.
-
- Rising Star
- Posts: 346
- Joined: Sun Sep 03, 2006 4:54 am
- Location: England - Brazil
Respect and tollerance.
Sounds so easy, doesn't it! But there are many people who don't don't follow such utopian ideas. Then what do we do?
I guess, teach by example is the first step. Teach your children and those around you is the second step. Maintain the idea that we are different, that different does matter, and that different is good. Then, hope there is a chain reaction from one generation to the next and so on.
Sounds so easy, doesn't it! But there are many people who don't don't follow such utopian ideas. Then what do we do?
I guess, teach by example is the first step. Teach your children and those around you is the second step. Maintain the idea that we are different, that different does matter, and that different is good. Then, hope there is a chain reaction from one generation to the next and so on.
-
- Member
- Posts: 2
- Joined: Thu Sep 28, 2006 8:14 am
- Location: vietnam
- misspoem
- Member
- Posts: 14
- Joined: Thu Oct 12, 2006 2:39 pm
- Location: KSA
this discussion reminds me of something happened to me.. :?
i am closer to brown, while my younger 2 sisters have much really much lighter skin.. we were out & i was supposed to take care of them as they play.. a woman was observing us as f we were out of this planet..
in the end she came & asked what are we to each other..
and you know, i didn't like her reaction.. she went on making those sounds of surprise, and called those with her to check it...
even my sisters, though very young back then, didn't like it..
if this is what it feels like to be discreminated, i absolutely didn't like it and i don't want any one to experience it..
still, i guess it's nothing compared to what i read in history books.. all this slavery and things.. horrible, don't you think ?? :(
i am closer to brown, while my younger 2 sisters have much really much lighter skin.. we were out & i was supposed to take care of them as they play.. a woman was observing us as f we were out of this planet..
in the end she came & asked what are we to each other..
and you know, i didn't like her reaction.. she went on making those sounds of surprise, and called those with her to check it...
even my sisters, though very young back then, didn't like it..
if this is what it feels like to be discreminated, i absolutely didn't like it and i don't want any one to experience it..
![Crying or Very sad :cry:](./images/smilies/icon_cry.gif)
still, i guess it's nothing compared to what i read in history books.. all this slavery and things.. horrible, don't you think ?? :(
-
- Member
- Posts: 44
- Joined: Fri Apr 04, 2003 5:07 am
skin colour
The skin color is possibly an inevitable issue in our society despite of the fact that we are likely to be uninterested in it. The outward difference (skin color),however, sometimes gives us thinkings in terms of advantages and disadvantages against the opposite.
That's the reason why there once existed conflicts between the white and the black in the history of western countries.Since the Charter of Human rights came out, the skin color was no longer called a sensitive problem,and I found no tough arguments about this ever since.
Still, the discrimination of skin color seems still there throughout the world which would be a huge challenge for those who interested in real human rights.
That's the reason why there once existed conflicts between the white and the black in the history of western countries.Since the Charter of Human rights came out, the skin color was no longer called a sensitive problem,and I found no tough arguments about this ever since.
Still, the discrimination of skin color seems still there throughout the world which would be a huge challenge for those who interested in real human rights.
-
- Member
- Posts: 3
- Joined: Mon Apr 02, 2007 6:57 am
- Location: china
Re: Global differences in skin colour
In my opinion,we can become friends ,even though there are some different between us-skin,language,culture,belief and so on.Let's share the bright sunny ,the warm wind,the bule sky,the fresh air with us--earthmen.TalkingPoint wrote:What can we do to address the problems created by global differences in skin colour?
What do YOU think?
-
- Member
- Posts: 44
- Joined: Fri Apr 04, 2003 5:07 am
-
- Member
- Posts: 36
- Joined: Fri Feb 17, 2006 12:25 am
- Location: uae
- Annaa
- Top Contributor
- Posts: 720
- Joined: Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:15 pm
- Status: Learner of English
Re: Global differences in skin colour
I really can`t understand white people ,how can they discriminate black persons.What we have more than them ??! nothing.They r good in everything ,they are good in basketball,football,movies,songs etc.Why white people can`t stand or hate black ones ????? ,I`ve been thinking a lot for this question and I was trying to answer but I coudn`t find the right answer.What gives us the right to discriminate them ?????They could discriminate us too but they didn`t do that.
If you don`t like me remember it's mind over matter..I don't mind and you don't matter..
-
- Member
- Posts: 3
- Joined: Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:45 pm
- Status: Learner of English
Re: Global differences in skin colour
it's just a biological adaptation of evolution and that's it.
-
- Member
- Posts: 1
- Joined: Thu Feb 04, 2010 9:12 pm
- Status: Teacher of English
Re: Global differences in skin colour
skin bleach maybe? It almost kindof worked for Michael Jackson...
-
- Member
- Posts: 6
- Joined: Sun Mar 28, 2010 6:51 pm
- Status: Learner of English
- Location: poland
Re: Global differences in skin colour
in my opinion european people have some problems with their self-confidence. they always want be the best and are yealous if someone do something better then they. black peolpe are really very tallented in many aspects of life. as someone else wrote earlier most of them can sing, dance and they are doing it much better than white people. so maybe the discrimination is the result of yealousy..?
- effebi
- Member
- Posts: 1
- Joined: Mon Mar 17, 2014 11:32 pm
- Status: Teacher of English
Re: Global differences in skin colour
Genetics should have taught us that our bodies stem from the same genes, so there aren't different human races. Only one human race does exist. So skin colour is only a characteric of our physical aspect, such as height, hair colour, weight etc.
History should have shown that racism, nationalism and hate based on exterior differences have been causing for centuries so big disasters.
When will we learn to judge people on their actual, inner properties instead of their faces?
History should have shown that racism, nationalism and hate based on exterior differences have been causing for centuries so big disasters.
When will we learn to judge people on their actual, inner properties instead of their faces?
- RadikSafin
- Member
- Posts: 2
- Joined: Wed Apr 29, 2015 6:44 am
- Status: Learner of English
Re: Global differences in skin colour
MissLT wrote:To understand that it's just a biological adaptation of evolution and that's it.TP wrote:What can we do to address the problems created by global differences in skin colour?
Example. I see Bashkir word "күн" (cyn) - pelle conciata, in the Irish word "craiceann" - pelle, cuoio, leather, skin. What do you think about English word "conciata"? Turkish "gön" - а pelle conciata.
- Nadiaduarte
- Member
- Posts: 1
- Joined: Tue Aug 16, 2016 5:12 pm
- Status: Learner of English
Re: Global differences in skin colour
I think that education, respect and tolerancy. Everybody should have access to education and health and that is the only way to avoid discrimination.
- DaviBrons
- Member
- Posts: 6
- Joined: Mon Jan 17, 2022 9:30 am
- Status: Other
- Location: Columbus, Ohio
Re: Global differences in skin colour
As far as I understand, we are talking about racism. And I'm not sure that this problem can be completely eradicated. Take, for example, the tendency to insert characters with different skin colors into all films. I have absolutely nothing against and sincerely despise racism, but when a black knight appears in a historical film about the Middle Ages, it confuses me a little. What am I leading to. Such methods, although directed in the right direction, cause even more negative. As long as people can freely express their opinions and share them with others, nothing can be done about this problem. And as for the various racist organizations (of which, unfortunately, there are quite a lot), the authorities should pay closer attention to them and eradicate them in the most severe way.
-
- Member
- Posts: 10
- Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2022 2:12 am
- Status: Learner of English
- Location: Oklahoma, United States
Re: Global differences in skin colour
You've expressed my opinion so accurately.DaviBrons wrote: ↑Tue Feb 01, 2022 6:35 am As far as I understand, we are talking about racism. And I'm not sure that this problem can be completely eradicated. Take, for example, the tendency to insert characters with different skin colors into all films. I have absolutely nothing against and sincerely despise racism, but when a black knight appears in a historical film about the Middle Ages, it confuses me a little. What am I leading to. Such methods, although directed in the right direction, cause even more negative. As long as people can freely express their opinions and share them with others, nothing can be done about this problem. And as for the various racist organizations (of which, unfortunately, there are quite a lot), the authorities should pay closer attention to them and eradicate them in the most severe way.
- rizottor
- Member
- Posts: 1
- Joined: Tue May 31, 2022 11:14 pm
- Status: Learner of English
- Location: ohio of america
Re: Global differences in skin colour
2022Nadiaduarte wrote: ↑Tue Aug 16, 2016 6:34 pm I think that education, respect and tolerancy. Everybody should have access to education and health and that is the only way to avoid discrimination.
@
The article’s headline originally read "Is math racist? As many students of color struggle with the subject" https://www.foxnews.com/media/usa-today ... ath-racist
- Puiyin
- Member
- Posts: 1
- Joined: Fri Jun 10, 2022 8:12 pm
- Status: Teacher of English
- Location: United Kingdom
Re: Global differences in skin colour
In essence, we all come from the same species. Racism only arises when arrogance come into play with the belief that "we are better than them". The difference in skin colour is not much different than the various colours of carrots or cabbages or apples. All of them are equally palatable and enjoyed by the masses. So should the difference be in humankind. Variety is the spice of life, isn't it? I think, learning to appreciate the richness in the difference among people as well as learning right from wrong should be nurtured and taught to children from a very young age so that there would be less discrimination in the world in future.
- JayAF
- Member
- Posts: 10
- Joined: Wed Aug 09, 2023 11:42 pm
- Status: Teacher of English
- Location: Somewhere between a hill and the sea
Re: Global differences in skin colour
I'd go beyond that. I've always wondered why there's still racism in the world. Regardless of personal traits, we are all human beings, aren't we? So we should respect each other and mind our own businesses. Is that difficult to be kind and enjoy sharing experiences and knowledge a get wealthier and wiser this way?
Jay Atticus Fielding
- BrianStapleton
- Member
- Posts: 32
- Joined: Fri Nov 03, 2023 8:23 pm
- Status: Teacher of English
- Location: Chicago
Re: Global differences in skin colour
Dark skin protects against excessive UV radiation damage caused by intense and frequent sunlight exposure. White skin is an adaptation to synthesize vitamin D and maintain sufficient Nitric Oxide production with less sunlight. It's a vital function, and those with darker skin, especially children and elderly, suffer deleterious longterm health effects under low European levels of sunlight. More UV exposure lowers cholesterol, aids in weight loss, improves cardiovascular health, protects against ischemia, tumors, and aids in disinfection and wound healing.
Much of the discrimination around skin color is classism; light skin being associated with affluent indoor work and dark skin being associated with well-tanned outdoor laborers. However in the West tanned skin has become associated with affluence, as it's those with the money to afford vacations to the tropics who sport tans.
To overcome skin color discrimination must be as difficult as overcoming weight and height discrimination. People will practice lookism. I suppose the best way is through representation in the media... positive examples of singers, actors, fictional characters, etc without regard for their skin tone. For example, must so many of the pop singers and romantic leads in Asia be lighter skinned than the norm in their country?
Much of the discrimination around skin color is classism; light skin being associated with affluent indoor work and dark skin being associated with well-tanned outdoor laborers. However in the West tanned skin has become associated with affluence, as it's those with the money to afford vacations to the tropics who sport tans.
To overcome skin color discrimination must be as difficult as overcoming weight and height discrimination. People will practice lookism. I suppose the best way is through representation in the media... positive examples of singers, actors, fictional characters, etc without regard for their skin tone. For example, must so many of the pop singers and romantic leads in Asia be lighter skinned than the norm in their country?
I teach 1-hour English classes online and correct essays with comments. Classes are ongoing, weekly, and flexible.
Contact me via private message to schedule a class.
https://youtube.com/@brianstapleton5148?feature=shared
Contact me via private message to schedule a class.
https://youtube.com/@brianstapleton5148?feature=shared
- Murazik
- Rising Star
- Posts: 50
- Joined: Wed Oct 25, 2023 10:34 am
- Status: Learner of English
- Location: Covington, Georgia
Re: Global differences in skin colour
It is natural and we can't change the colour of our skin. but there are a lot of people all over the world who get negativity from it and we should be tolerant to all people without exception regardless of any factors.
As far as I was concerned Can't wait to see whatever movie they're filming in London right now.