Black skin

[greenstiles]

Met a afro caribbean lady the other day.......wow she looked 37 but it's her 60th in a few days ???? do darker skinned people age better ? People think i'm Italian sometimes as i'm a bit darker that your average white person and i don't really burn i just go darker in fact as a kid i used to get called a racist name, something to do with Asian people, so no hidden racist stuff ok.

 

[cyfa2809]

Do darker skinned people have more taut skin due to being in the sun (and all that sort of stuff) more?

 

[danson67]

Isn't this that apparent "Black don't crack" thing?

There are certainly loads of fit, healthy good looking older black people out there.

Presumably it's something to do with lower UV damage with higher levels of skin melanin?
I'm a bit jealous really; fighting against my father's WH Auden craggy look in my pallid middle age...

All the best,

 

[lumos2000]

i have some malay friends, mother and daughter normaly get confused for sisters.

 

[highlandsflyer]

What exactly is the average white person? What is a white person? Have you ever met a black person? What is black? Strange thread indeed.

 

[rosstheboss]

Black is the word for describing someone who is black.

You can call someone ethnic, afro caribbean, dark skinned, african american, negro or whatever else you like, but I wouldn't like to see the reaction

 

[highlandsflyer]

I have never met anyone who is black. Nor white. Seems to me there are young looking and old looking people of all skin colours.

 

[greenstiles]

Yes some of us are very dark almost black in some countries and yes some people are very pale almost white.........and lots inbetween, but skin types are usually classed in 4/5 types by scientists.

Found a result of a study that says white women age quicker than black women
http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/194 ... es_faster/

 

[highlandsflyer]

That study deals with skin alone.

Did you ask this woman how old she was?

 

[highlandsflyer]

Black is the word for describing someone who is black.

You can call someone ethnic, afro caribbean, dark skinned, african american, negro or whatever else you like, but I wouldn't like to see the reaction

How often does anyone need to describe someone in terms of black or white?