• diprount_tomato
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    -132 years ago

    But melanin is a shield for it, and the more melanin the darker the skin. As black people usually have a very dark skin, they have a lot of melanin and thus are way more protected against the sun than the average 60 yo fat guy that’s sunburnt red

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      • diprount_tomato
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        -12 years ago

        Maybe African-Americans, but apart from Khoisan people and East Africans (Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia) most Africans do have a very dark skin.

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          72 years ago

          To answer yours question Melanin adds a resistant factor to it, but the actual sunburn is caused by actual damage at the cellar level from UVA and UVB rays.

          Think of Melanin more like sunblock in that it extends the amount of time before noticeable damage to the sun will happen. While the time for sun damage to accumulate to be what you would call a sunburn might vary from person to person, everyone is still susceptible to UV damage.