Melanin

Tibetans, Andeans and Ethiopians are three small tribes who live in high elevations and conditions that, for lowlanders, would be considered hazardous and unsafe; but for them, it is an everyday life struggle. Just like those who live in remote, extreme climates, like the Inuits, these tribes have changed their whole genetic make-up in order to survive these conditions peacefully. Communities living in high altitudes and climates could be prime examples of how to survive in the harshest…

people of color have been treated throughout history as well as the present day. It is not easy to live in a world whose system works against you and aims to keep you down. I want to encourage my people to take a stand for their race, love their melanin and the skin they’re in. I want to encourage people of other aces to open their minds and hearts and accept the fact that people of color ae just as human as you. Injustices toward the black community continue to prevail this day and age in…

Correspondingly, Islamophobia increased drastically after 9/11, thousands of innocent Muslims have been victim to hate crimes, and hundreds have been killed. The term "Islamophobia" reflects the largely unexamined and deeply ingrained anxiety many Americans experience when considering Islam and Muslim cultures (Varisco, 2009). Many have associated the religion of Islam with terrorism and have target and profile those who follow the religion. In recent months, incidents of Islamophobia have…

“Whoever Controls the media, controls the mind”-Jim Morrison The power and presence of the media ensures that what is seen, heard and experienced in and through the media influence the behavior of teenagers whether they are conscious of it or not. When most people think of the influences of the media on youth, they think about the negative body images. They think about how the media is constantly bombarding children and teens with unrealistic beauty standard, or they think about violence…

In The Help by Kathryn Stockett, racism is evidence throughout the book. Set in the early 1960s, the United State is in a turmoil over civil rights for African-American. In a time of racial discrimination, blacks maids are the foundation of white family. Black maids do all housework, cooking and as well as child care which leads white women to be ignorant of their roles as a mother and wife. Even though black maids are usually loyal and obedient to their employer, there’s no respect from the…

participate in an exercise where they would judge each other by their eye colour and they consented. The brown eyed students were told that they were better and smarter than their blue eyed counterparts. Jane Elliott supported her pitch by explaining that melanin, the pigment in their eyes, corresponds to their intelligence. The brown eyed students were praised. As for the ones with blue eyes, they were accused of being shifty, lazy and dishonest. Only those with brown eyes had an extended…

Introduction According to Yamamoto and Vernier (2011), dopamine is without a doubt one of the oldest neurotransmitters acting on the central nervous system. The researchers suggest that the emergence of dopaminergic systems most likely predates the divergence of chordates during evolution, and the neurotransmitter’s common ancestry is suggested by commonalities among different species that express the same enzymes, vesicle transporters, degradation enzymes, and receptors. Since dopamine is a…

occurred in the lives of ook the action,far too many African Americans. They were abused physically, mentally, and spiritually. Many of them were bonded by chains, by then white Americans with fair skin. Ever since then, it established that the more melanin you have, the more barbaric you were considered. More than a million of men and women were kidnapped from Africa, and sold by white men, to work without pay. Most people disregard the pain and agony they felt, but there were some who took a…

cholesterol and glucose metabolism, heart muscle contraction and brain development. It is also known for its reported “healing powers” and its abilities to help fight infection. Copper is proven to improve production of hemoglobin, myelin, collagen, melanin, and the absorption of iron. Copper is also an antioxidant used to seek out free radicals in the body. This works especially well when combined with vitamin C. Free radicals…

What’s the first thing that pops into your head when you think of the idea of interracial couples? That it is wrong or shouldn’t be allowed? Maybe you have never really thought about it and don’t have a viewpoint on the matter. Walking through the streets you see it all around you, and it has even started to make its way into movies and television shows. Some people are okay with it and others find it repulsive. What’s the cause for such a difference in viewpoints? While my people, some of which…