Black People And Sun Tanning

[Phitz]

So I went in to our main headquarters at work and asked a blk coworker if I looked like I got a tan/darker since he last saw me(I also went on a warm vacation)
He said "yeah, you're maple syrup color now"

Our yte coworker peeked out from around the wall like:


We looked at each other like:

Didn't expect to mess with his head like that, he looked like he saw aliens or something

 

[Savvir]

*alex rodriguez pic*

 

[Luke Cage]

wait till they find out we can get sun burnt too.

 

[bigdaddy88]

I mean we have different shades of black people so it's probably true lol..when it comes to sunburn I've never experienced it.neither have I seen any close families or friends get burned...no skin peeling, or any of that gross shyt..a Sting yea but like it burns and damages never have ...

I've lived in Costa Rica for 10 plus years lol

 

[Phitz]

wait till they find out we can get sun burnt too.

Shame to admit I didn' t find out until adult hood, all the years playing in the sun.

I found out in the Bahamas, been to other islands, and Africa, but never got sun burn until I visited the Bahamas

 

[Luke Cage]

I mean we have different shades of black people so it's probably true lol..when it comes to sunburn I've never experienced it.neither have I seen any close families or friends get burned...no skin peeling, or any of that gross shyt..a Sting yea but like it burns and damages never have ...

I've lived in Costa Rica for 10 plus years lol

yeah for me its just light peeling on my nose and forehead if i spend all day in the sun. a hat is enough to prevent it though.
i'm jamie foxx complexion

 

[cheek100]

Cacs actually burn tho like skin falling off burn. We get a rash at best maybe irritation. Maybe that’s why melanin is worth more than gold per ounce Who knows

 

[Savvir]

my skin that's exposed to sun (face, arms etc) is will smith skin tone...

my skin under my clothes is drake tone...

shyt wild

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

Let a grown man call your complexion Maple Syrup Brehs

 

[Phitz]

Let a grown man call your complexion Maple Syrup Brehs

thanks for taking it easy on me this time, at least you didnt go poetry night on me with the fire and brimtone

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

thanks for taking it easy on me this time, at least you didnt go poetry night on me with the fire and brimtone

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Cacs actually burn tho like skin falling off burn. We get a rash at best maybe irritation. Maybe that’s why melanin is worth more than gold per ounce Who knows

I’ve gotten burnt to the point of peeling. Only needed to happen once for me to be vigilant about sunscreen when I’m out in the sun for 30+ mins. Two things I don’t play about - sunscreen and water intake

 

[cheek100]

I’ve gotten burnt to the point of peeling. Only needed to happen once for me to be vigilant about sunscreen when I’m out in the sun for 30+ mins. Two things I don’t play about - sunscreen and water intake

Are u part Scandinavian by chance

 

[CopiousX]

I’ve gotten burnt to the point of peeling. Only needed to happen once for me to be vigilant about sunscreen when I’m out in the sun for 30+ mins. Two things I don’t play about - sunscreen and water intake

Never seen it on myself or any black people I know. Spent most of my life in the deep south.


I'm well aware that we can get darker, but the idea that we actually get damaged to the point of our skin coming off is a foreign concept to me.


I don't even know how this would work given our origins in Africa . On my trips out there, nobody was wearing anything beyond regular lotion, so I can't imagine all the locals working in the equatoral African sun going home to shed skin like lizards at night.

 

[Traveler]

Never experienced it until I lived in Hawaii. I used to run around all summer without a shirt and grab really dark. I seriously thought black people didn't burn. 1st time I went to the beach in hawaii all day, no issues. Work up the next day and felt a stinging in my shoulders forehead and nose. Looked in the mirror and I had a red undertone.

I was legit like we can get burned! Day or two later it started peeling then I was all good. I think hawaii just has more intense sunlight. I wear sunscreen when I am on the water fishing.