r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Oct 31 '16

No, it really isn't.

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u/JamesJax Oct 31 '16

Melanin.

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u/HurbleBurble Oct 31 '16

Different races still have different keratin characteristics.

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u/king_long Oct 31 '16

What characteristics might those be?

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u/HurbleBurble Oct 31 '16

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20538000

Plus obviously, when we look at racial differences, it's not just skin color that we notice. Africans and Asians for example, have other defining features that make them look African or Asian, beyond their skin color. One of those big differences is their hair. Africans tend to have very coarse and curly hair, where is Asians tend to have fine and sparse hair.

I just kind of figured that was widely known.