REALLY SO DIFFERENT?
Nina Jablonski says that differing skin colors are simply our bodies’ adaptation to varied climates and levels of UV exposure. Charles Darwin disagreed with this theory, but she explains, that’s because he did not have access to NASA…
THE JOKE!
The following joke is made with the intent of being humorous. So, please let irony, sarcasm, wordplay, ecc… freely play.
A twin-engine plane has one of its engines fail, altitude and air speed are rapidly decreasing …
The pilot speaks over the intercom. “I’m sorry it had to come to this folks, but unfortunately we’re gonna have to jettison baggage in order for the aircraft to remain airborne.”
Baggage is thrown out, but the plane’s speed continues to decrease.
Again the pilot gets on the intercom; “I hate to have to do this, but now we’re gonna have to start off-loading passengers. The only fair way to do it is alphabetically, so we’ll start with the letter – A”.
“Africans, any Africans on board?” No one answers “Ok then – B”. “Black people, any black people?”
Again, silence.
“C – Coloured people, any Coloured people on board?”
Silence.
A little black boy in the back turns to his mother. “But Mom, ain’t we African?, ain’t we Black? Ain’t we Coloured?”
“Yes son, but for the purpose of this exercise we is Niggas.
Let dem Mexicans and Muslims go first.”
NINA JABLONSKI @ TED
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Nina Jablonski is author of Skin: A Natural History, a close look at human skin’s many remarkable traits: its colors, its sweatiness, the fact that we decorate it.
Everyone as best as he can!
Have Joy
Giannicola