Hot weather and Africans

do black people absorb more sunrays and therefore get hotter in the sun faster than white people?

i'm actually really curious.

from a purely physics standpoint, yes - paler is more reflective, darker is more absorbtive*

but from an evolutionary standpoint, black people probably have more evolved heat-dissipation methods than white people to compensate

*not an actual word

yeah ive always wondered about this

black people statistiacally to complain about the heat more than other, lighted humans by as much as 22%!!!!!!!!!!!!

yeah it's a bit weird because black people obviously can stand the sun much better, while darker colours absorb heat a lot more

i've thought abouyt this before as well, it's actually quite interesting

  kaini said:

but from an evolutionary standpoint, black people probably have more evolved heat-dissipation methods than white people to compensate

i'd say that's a heavy assumption

Black people do not FEEL the heat like we do, and their body's are evolutionarily adapted at dealing with heat and dissipating it better than white people are, because they come from hotter climates and are dark skinned, darker colours absorb more heat, but humans being living beings have adapted to deal with it.

Not a heavy assumption-my black friend is here.

I was going to say all of that anyway actually.

you people probably think the colour of your t-shirt makes a difference

edit: so white reflects more light, but does that mean it reflects more heat? just asking

edit: heat

edit 2: i mean, from what i can tell, fair skin is just more exposed because of the lack of pigment or something, ? do albinos burn easily?

um yeah i can tell if i'm in the sun if i'm wearing black clothes or white clothes, do you?

just because black peoples' skin is better at surviving in direct sunlight doesn't mean they are more adapted to heat, just sun rays. ie, they don't get sunburned so easily.

i'm wondering if black people have an average surface (or internal) temperature higher than white people who receive the same amount of sunlight. i'm guessing yes, but i'm thinking it would be negligible.

  tauboo said:

you people probably think the colour of your t-shirt makes a difference

 

 

edit: so white reflects more light, but does that mean it reflects more heat? just asking

 

edit: heat

 

edit 2: i mean, from what i can tell, fair skin is just more exposed because of the lack of pigment or something, ? do albinos burn easily?

I'm pretty sure albinos burn really easily, and I know for a fact that black guys don't get sunburnt easily.

  abusivegeorge said:

Black people do not FEEL the heat like we do, and their body's are evolutionarily adapted at dealing with heat and dissipating it better than white people are, because they come from hotter climates and are dark skinned, darker colours absorb more heat, but humans being living beings have adapted to deal with it.

 

Not a heavy assumption-my black friend is here.

  theSun said:

just because black peoples' skin is better at surviving in direct sunlight doesn't mean they are more adapted to heat,

feeling heat and getting sunburned are 2 different things

No but my friend is saying they ARE more adapted to heat.

I must stress he is stoned right now.

also, is your black friend an evolutionary scientist?

No he's just very, very black.

Edit: His mum is a nurse!?

well, pale people burn and that hurts

if you don't burn, it doesn't hurt, so the heat is fine

  theSun said:

  kaini said:

but from an evolutionary standpoint, black people probably have more evolved heat-dissipation methods than white people to compensate

 

i'd say that's a heavy assumption

working off another assumption; that there have probably been black people for longer than white people, and that crackas are actually the evolutionary offshoot, i'd say it's a pretty safe assumption

heat doesn't bother me and i am a white

You are very defensive about all of this tauboo, are you ok?

yes george, i'm fine

  kaini said:

  theSun said:

  kaini said:

but from an evolutionary standpoint, black people probably have more evolved heat-dissipation methods than white people to compensate

 

i'd say that's a heavy assumption

 

working off another assumption; that there have probably been black people for longer than white people, and that crackas are actually the evolutionary offshoot, i'd say it's a pretty safe assumption

i agree with that, but question its relevancy.

  tauboo said:

yes george, i'm fine

Good

so all we've got is george's black friend so far.

That made me proper lol. Yeah it kind of looks like it, untill Takeshi gets here.

  theSun said:

  kaini said:

  theSun said:

  kaini said:

but from an evolutionary standpoint, black people probably have more evolved heat-dissipation methods than white people to compensate

 

i'd say that's a heavy assumption

 

working off another assumption; that there have probably been black people for longer than white people, and that crackas are actually the evolutionary offshoot, i'd say it's a pretty safe assumption

 

i agree with that, but question its relevancy.

i don't understand. the question this thread poses is: do black people get hotter in the sun?

from a purely physics standpoint, yes - paler is more reflective, darker is more absorbtive*

but from an evolutionary standpoint, black people probably have more evolved heat-dissipation methods than white people to compensate

*not an actual word

you seem very defensive about this whole matter, theSun; as if people are lined up waiting to accuse you of being a big racist.

i just want to know exactly what their bodies do that makes them dissipate heat faster, as you say they do.