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You've always wondered if black people sunburn, amirite?
by Anonymous13 years ago
It would take them longer but yes, all skin burns eventually.
by Anonymous13 years ago
wouldn't it be FASTER? because black absorbs and white rebels? correct me if I'm wrong.
by Anonymous13 years ago
reflects*
by Anonymous13 years ago
I think the extra pigment blocks UV rays or something.
by Anonymous13 years ago
and also, blacks have more melanin in their skin which is produced to protect one from the sun, so no - that's part of what happens when non-blacks tan... also you are breaking down DNA when you tan... just sayin'
by Anonymous13 years ago
my mom's boyfriend is black and he thought her tanning lotion was sunscreen.....
black people CAN in fact get burnt.
by Anonymous13 years ago
i thought black people didnt sunburn til it happened to me.
by Anonymous13 years ago
Same here.
by Anonymous13 years ago
by Anonymous13 years ago
It depends on your skin tone, only the really light skinned black people can burn.
by Anonymous13 years ago
that's definitely not true...
by Anonymous13 years ago
How many darker black people do you know of that have ever been sunburnt? It doesn't happen.
by Anonymous13 years ago
I'm not really dark, but I'm not light either. I'm middle-skinned and I've gotten sunburnt.
by Anonymous13 years ago
Well, there's me. There's some of my family members. There's some of my friends. There's some other people that I don't really know but that I've heard talking about it. Obviously it does happen.
by Anonymous13 years ago
Well it's never happened to anybody in my family and the only black people who I know that it's happened to are light skinned.
by Anonymous13 years ago
no i havent because i payed attention to 5th grade science and biology
by Anonymous13 years ago
really? thats what you learned about in 5th grade science?...and i doubt you had biology in 5th grade
by Anonymous13 years ago
Yes we do. I got my first one last summer on my face...
by Anonymous13 years ago
One*
by Anonymous13 years ago
it's rare. I asked.
by Anonymous13 years ago
One half of my family is from Africa but I'm mixed. I've never had a sunburn in my life. Even after going to the dessert.
Maybe black people do after a really long time, but maybe mixed people don't at all.
by Anonymous13 years ago
All people burn. The factor that determines how easily you burn is the amount of melanin in your skin.
by Anonymous13 years ago
You went to the dessert? I wanna go! I can't imagine how much you would burn THERE, though!
Really, Though--didn't anyone ever teach you that dessert has two S's because you want more of them and DESERT (where I'm assuming you went) has one?
by Anonymous13 years ago
We do. I do frequently and I'm notthe lightest person ever. It usually depends on the genes.
by Anonymous13 years ago
I think it depends partly on genes. I'm half black, half white, have never used sunblock and have never gotten a sunburn..
by Anonymous13 years ago
I don't wonder. I know. We do. I got sunburned once. I was peeling for WEEKS. It was horrible.
by Anonymous13 years ago
We do, but it depends on how long we're out in the sun and genes.
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