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It is important to be respectful and avoid perpetuating stereotypes about certain cultures or groups of people. Generalizing behaviors like cutting of the skin can be misleading and harmful. It's essential to understand the cultural significance and practices within specific African communities rather than make sweeping statements.

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Why the palms of the Africans are whiter than their body?

The difference in skin color between the palms and the rest of the body in some individuals, including Africans, is due to a lower concentration of melanin in the palms compared to the rest of the skin. Melanin is the pigment responsible for skin color, and variations in its distribution across the body can result in differences in color.


Why did colonists use Africans as slaves?

Colonists used Africans as slaves because they were seen as a cheap source of labor, they were readily available through the transatlantic slave trade, and the color of their skin made it easier to distinguish them from the rest of society, justifying their subjugation.


Why were Africans captured and sold into slavery?

Africans were the slaves because whites were judging them just because of their skin color, and because they failed at trying to keep Native Americans as slaves. Blacks were said to be "3/5" of a normal person because they were treated like property.


Africans and filipino difference?

Africans and Filipinos differ in terms of geography, culture, and physical characteristics. Africans are native to the continent of Africa, while Filipinos are from the Philippines in Southeast Asia. Africans typically have darker skin tones and distinct physical features, while Filipinos have a variety of ethnic backgrounds resulting in a wide range of physical appearances. Cultural differences also exist in terms of language, traditions, and beliefs between the two groups.


Why does cutting your skin hurt and might possibly bleed but cutting your hair or nails does not produce the same outcome?

It doesn't produce the same outcome because your skin has sensors and blood vessels underneath to trigger more cell production to heal the wound. Hair is different. It doesn't have any blood vessels on it so it can't bleed. Nails wont bleed but if you cut them too short and rip or puncture the skin it can happen. Hopefully this helps

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Do Africans get skin cancer?

Yes, Sub-Saharan Africans do get skin cancer, but it is less common.


What is the potential risk of continual close cutting on the skin?

potentialrisk of continual close cutting on the skin


A instrument for the cutting of skin or cutting thin transplant?

dermatome


What kinds of people stretch their skin?

- the americans - the africans - the asian they all stretch their skin


Why does cutting your skin hurt but cutting your hair or nails does not?

There no nerves in the hair and nails


Why does cutting your skin hurt but not cutting your hair or nails?

There no nerves in the hair and nails


Why Africans like to wear colourful dress?

Because it goes beautifully with their complexion. Since the African skin tone is so dark, the bright colors really make their skin glow or "pop."


How do you skin a coyote?

You star by cutting of the legs and then you skin it betwean the muscle and the hide


Are all Puerto Rican's black?

No... much like the rest of the world Puerto Rico is a mixture of skin colors. You can have Puerto Ricans with dark skin, olive skin, white skin, etc. Puerto Rican's are descendant from a diverse mix of Spaniards, Africans, Taino indians, and others.


Are some Africans skin white?

i think its no because when slave were exist it was black people only so they said people go to buy slave all of them were Africans.


Do African Americans have more layers of skin than white people?

No! The only difference between skin colors is Africans have more melanin (the pigment in your skin) than Europeans.


Why did Americans think Africans were things?

you would if you saw "something" that is not your skin colour and/or speaks differently.