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Rodney Riccardo Chatman

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Research Paper

22 July 2018

DNA and the Reversal of Racism

In a world where there are, and have always been, many with a variety of colors survival is the ultimate goal for all of us. Preserving life is an instinct programmed into homo sapien deoxyribonucleic acid or (DNA). DNA is important as the direct instructions for designing each individual, on a cellular level, that has ever lived. DNA is inherited from both parents to create any individual, half from the mother and the other half from the father, to create totally unique instructions for the offspring. Humans living on the Earth need to protect the cells of the body from the sun's harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays, which can destroy DNA in the human cell causing melanoma, mutations, and even death. As a defence against this danger to our survival, the human body, instructed by DNA, has a protective substance called melanin. Melanin is a skin pigment used to protect the body from the sun’s damaging UV rays. The amount of melanin concentration is exclusively controlled by genetics, or the instructions provided by DNA, from each of the two parents; therefore, the amount of protection a cell has from danger is controlled by evolution. Naturally, dominant genetic traits tend to prevail phenotypically as opposed to genetically recessive traits. This fact is well known in the science community and, whether consciously or unconsciously known, when humans attempt animal breeding; as we breed for specific traits for a set of observable characteristics. Skin color is also controlled by the body’s need to maintain homeostasis, your body’s interaction of genetic material with the environment. This information is heavily implied in Charles Darwin’s book The Orgin Of Species By Means Of Natual Selection Of Favored Races In The Struggle For Life. Genetically-rich concentrations of DNA’s protective substance, melanin, is dominate as opposed to poor concentrations.

As humans develop both physically and mentally, we have come to understand DNA and melanin. Though evolution for some has decreased melanin concentration to cope with the reduction of UV rays scientifically this is also an evolution just as well as developing more melanin which is in direct contrast to the ideals of racism. Over time, and with isolation, multiple levels of melanin concentration have developed in humans, as the need to survive and pass on genetics still remains the main instinctual goal. As civilizations arise, different countries develop. As technology increases, regard to melanin concentration on a natural level for skin protection was slowly becoming general knowledge. Misconceptions had lead the way to an America without true knowledge of how melanin works and an ignorance of scientific fact. In the United States through skin protection was an issue, the knowledge of genetically dominant traits was still very much in the minds of some. Rich concentrations of melanin, scientifically, is known to have a dominant genetic bearing over lighter concentrations, and is controlled by the genetics of the two parents of each individual. The genetic dominance of melanin, world population of melanin rich humans, and fear of genetic extermination have all lead to the creation of a control system called racism; which was created with the specific purpose as to prevent the perceived genetic annihilation of lightly-melanated people exclusive to the United States.

The creation of the ethnic group called “black” was invented as was the ethnic race of “white”. The reasons for these groups to have been created was an absolute necessity; as strength in numbers has always been a strategy for war and other horrible events in the history of mankind including genetic survival and genetic warfare. These two newly created ethnic groups were created with the specific purpose of uniting a group of people who felt at risk from genetic assimilation into a larger, richly-melaninated, group. As more and more people identified with these two groups, a newly formed minority was invented, In actually, the minority was only confined to the United States. In the entirety of the world, most of its people have richer levels of melanin due to the proximity of the people and the equator. The closer to the equator a group is the more melanin the skin produces. All groups of people in the world have melanin. In the United States a fear of melanated people infusing richly melaninated DNA into a population with a  phenotype of low levels of melanin, has caused racism to be prevalent. Also causing the incorrect labeling of minority. The actual minority on the Earth is sparsely melanated and if in environments with high levels of UV rays puts that particular population at risk of cancer of the skin, due to the decrease of protection of the DNA.

Genetic extermination is something all organisms consider whether, consciously or unconsciously, in the pursuit of the goal which is to survive and passing on their genes. “It is critical to have a comprehensive analysis and definition of the opposing force. As a Black behavioral scientist and practicing general and child psychiatrist, my current functional definition of racism (white supremacy) is as follows: the local and global power system structured and maintained by persons who classify themselves as white, whether consciously or subconsciously determined; this system consists of patterns of perception, logic. symbol formation. thought, speech, action and emotional response. as conducted simultaneously in all areas of people activity (economics. education, entertainment,labor, law, politics, religion, sex and war). The ultimate purpose of the system is to prevent white genetic annihilation on Earth - planet in which the overwhelming majority of people are classified as non-white (black, brown, red and yellow) by white-skinned people. All of the non-white people are genetically dominant (in terms of skin coloration) compared to the genetically recessive white-skinned people (Welsing 2005).

In conclusion, all that we know about racism in the United States of America is based on created ethnic groups; created with the intent on uniting smaller genetically vulnerable, phenotypically similar, groups of the population by collectively calling themselves white. If you do not fit the technical description of they created white ethnic group, then you are usually considered black which is another created, very general term for the collective non white populations of the United States of America. Before the creation of the newly formed kinds of people, humans that lived on Earth were only known by the land that they were born and or were from in an attempt to identify and relate to others across the Earth. The ethnic groups that were invented, unfortunately, was created before the full understanding of DNA; as companies that offer genetic testing will never use the terms “black” or “white”, as they are not genetic ethnic identifiers. They are just names for generalizing richly melaninated and very fairly melanated people, primarily used in the United States. Without the protection of melanin skin cells are at risk of developing melanoma or cancer which will kill the cell by destroying or altering the DNA of the cell. Cancer is a leading cause of death in humans and kills hundreds of thousands of people on the Earth every year as skin cancer is of very important concern to everyone with more cancer on damage is needed for lightly melanated individuals. The first human being was from the east rift valley in africa recent studies have now found which is an environment which would require the individuals to have adequate amounts of melanin for survival and protection of the DNA in their cells. Melanin is a critical component in the survival of most organisms on the Earth. It is critical that we have protection of the genetic material essential for the preservation of life and the passing of instructions of life, from one generation to the next generation. Without melanin our DNA, the building block of human life, will be in danger. Lacking the protection from genetic destruction will ensure a rapid death of the cell. Racism is a systematic control system used with the intent to keep DNA separate between certain types of people; as a fear of the genetic prowess of melanin in various concentrations in people of Earth. Melanin is extremely prevalent as there is only a few reasons organisms would not have melanin on Earth. Albinism and Leucism are conditions which are controlled by genetics, which affect how much pigmentation the organism produces. With these conditions melanin is not the only type of pigment affected when these conditions exist in they may animals and humans of the world. Along with DNA, ultraviolet sun rays also play a role in how much melanin to be produced by the skin cell in the special cells called melanocytes. We as humans should actually stop and take a look at how racism’s control is a necessity going forward in humanity, as everyone has melanin in various concentrations in our pursuit for survival of the sun's harmful UV rays. Everyone is different and differences should not be looked at as a bad thing as diversity was naturally created based on the proximity of humans and the equator. Areas close to the equator have more UV rays which affect how cells produce melanin. Let us, now and forever, end racism so that, as humans, can continue to evolve; as to fulfill our destiny.

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