Do you know where you can find over 200,000 pieces of literature that black people haven’t read? No not the library, but of course I am referring to the responses to a google search for “cure for sunburn.” Black people read just as much from the library as white people; not enough. The likelihood of a black person getting sun burnt is about as likely a white person at a Hitman Sammy Sam concert. It just doesn’t happen. When white people go out in the sun, they apply a great amount of suntan lotion, to protect their white skin. Black people will use little or none at all. If a black person is to apply anything, it will certainly be Cocoa Butter Lotion, which doesn’t serve the purpose of sun protection, but they like it, and don’t get burned anyways (check back for a full article on Cocoa Butter later).
Being the token black friend in the group is another thing black people like, but they like meeting other token black friends too, so you should definitely consider inviting your one black friend on a trip of some sort, spring break, a road trip, or maybe to your college team’s bowl game (this is the least likely however, as your black friend will probably already be going, as a member of the team). Don’t bother inviting your black friend on ski trips, or a cruise up near Alaska, black people don’t like the cold so the odds of seeing another black person are minimal. That and most importantly, these trips don’t provide the hilarity for a black person to see their white friends get sun burnt.
As much as they like not getting sun burnt, they absolutely think it is “off tha chain” seeing a family of 5 white people getting off their plain in Chicago, looking like they are those fans heading to a Chicago Bulls game in full body paint. Those people for the record are never black.
Sure black people may get burnt, but they don’t get burnt like this white kid you see here, and they like that.
Black people do get sun burned. Their skin just gets darker instead of turning red. Check out the blog for an audio commentary on Skin Cancer Myths and the African-American Community.
So true. And the cold does suck.
wtf…this is so not true..
Well, I don’t know about “black people” but as an individual person of a beautiful cocoa complexion, I use sunblock on myself and my family; We are at risk from skin cancer caused by the sun just like everyone one else.
Yeah this one isn’t true and makes very little sense. Also, what black person actually likes being the token black friend lol? Please do more research
im originally from africa, now residing in australia. let me settle the issue once and for all. pure bloods, i mean 100% africans never get sunburnt even if they spend the whole day in the sun PERIOD!
Damn, homeboy so burnt, he look like sould food. Get him some coco buttah to go with his skin cancer.
Well Im light skinnededed. And I get burnt on my nose and sholders but thats about it. heehee!!
One question for jj………..what the f*ck is a pure blood? Quick fyi…untill you open your mouth to speak we are all “pure-blood” sweetie.
there are a lot of other races besides white in anchorage, alaska, even a lot of black people. i didn’t know that until i went there. there is a military base there, so there are a lot of different races/cultures. i’m white, i hate getting sunburned.. actually i hate not being tan too!
ya i was gunna get on that blacks dont like the cold.. i went to Alaska being black myself and i saw many blacks that lived there.. and all the blacks in detroit and all the eastern states where it snows and are heavily populated with blacks???… but one things for sure a black person will take the cold over the heat any day
Uhhh, I am a Black American have a darker skin complexion ad get sun burnt, often. And Black Americans use shea butter, it is a natural moisturizer and sun block. I am not sure who is writing this blog, but they need to check facts a little more in depth. Even stereotypes are supposed to have some truth to them… or so I have heard.
uhhh I think you know damn well what that poster meant by “pure blood.” People who are 100% Black of southern parts of Africa with the darkest skin tones do not get sunburnt as they are so-called “pure” with no admixture having altered their skin tone, thus not making it more susceptible to the harmful effects of the sun.
I’ve been told, that black people, who have fair complexions can get sunburned, however I’ve never seen it happen. They just get a few shades darker, then eventually lighten up, after the they are no longer exposed to the sun.
And to the first post…getting darker does not equal being sunburned. When skin is sun burned, it turns red (because it is actually burned) then eventually the skin peels away. You don’t see people with dark complexions walking around with their skin peeling after being exposed to the sun.
Im light skinned and i live in a cold country (england) and if i go on holiday for 5 weeks as i have i will sweat i will get tired from the sun but i will not burn same with all my cuzions and brother still i think thats genes from our ansestors changing to the habitat to live under such hot habittats like for the reson of the broad nostrols (mine arnt tht big) so we can take in more air so we can cool our selves down.
And coca butter thats the just the best lotion and it smells nice thats all black people dont cream to protect them selves from the sun we cream because as soon as we come out the shower a skin ahses with white ashy spots around out hand and legs etc and cream solves that problem and thats why we have to cream plus it stops you from wincling so quickly.
That’s right, Negroes! How do you like it when the shoe’s on the other foot? Ahahahaha!!!
I’m black and grew up on the south side of Chicago. As a child I played from morning to night with my friends and siblings all summer long. I have NEVER needed sunscreen nor have I or anyone in my family ever had a sunburn. My children who are now college students have NEVER had a sunburn. We are the lightest to the darkest shades of brown. Bottom line melanin is our natural sun screen. The more we’re exposed to intense sunlight the darker our skin becomes. It’s like going from SPF 20 to SPF 50. When the intensity of sun exposure decreases the skin lightens a few shades. As an RN for nearly two decades none of our patients admitted for skin cancer were black/african. Blacks can stay out in the sun as long as we want our skin darkens to protect us, it doesn’t burn or peel. Those who are bi-racial and very light, i.e. lacking melanin may very well burn when exposed for prolong periods of time.