Race is differentiated as variants in skin color. Yet, skin color is the most rapidly evolving trait in our species and varies according to latitude. Simply, skin color correlates to the amount of melanin produced in body cells. More melanin equates to a darker skin color, which is typically found near the equator due to UV radiation being unable to penetrate the skin and destroy folic acid in DNA. Yet, people that live further from the equator have adapted to have lighter skin (less melanin) because it is more beneficial to have UV absorption, so certain vitamins related to bone health (vitamin D) will be produced. This paragraph is essentially what biological sciences support regarding race; but, then again, it’s not even really about race, it’s about skin color. The stigma around ‘race’ is socially constructed, resulting in the heavily predominant issue of racism.
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