A Simple Explanation On Why Racism Doesn’t Make Any Sense Shared By Bill Nye The Science Guy
John V.
Posted On August 28, 2020
Bill’s message is that treating someone unfairly just because of the color of their skin is wrong and it doesn’t make sense as we’re all a part of humankind.
Bill Nye the Science Guy takes hardcore science with all of its facts, numbers, and figures and translates them into concepts and analogies that are not only accurate, but also much easier to grasp.
He came out with a video covering another important topic that needs to be discussed,the problem of racism. Throughout the video, he gives a scientific explanation as to why people have different colored skin and why being mean to each other about it doesn’t make any bit of sense.
The video blew up on the internet. The video managed to get nearly 19 million views on TikTok with over 4.4 million likes and 74,000 comments.
Check out the 1 minute video of his explanation:
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Bill said how the Earth has zones with differing amounts of UV light landing in them, each represented in a color showing what’s hot and what’s not. Our skin makes vitamin D from the ultra-violet rays it gets from the sun. If there isn’t enough of it, the skin becomes brighter, and if there’s an abundance, it breaks down into folates and hence becomes darker.
Africa is the cradle of humankind and there’s significantly more sunlight throughout the year there, and so people’s skin is dark. As people moved away from this epicenter, over time their skin became brighter.
“And that’s it, everybody! That’s why we have different colored skin, but we’re all one species. But we’re not treating each other fairly—not everybody’s getting an even shake [of vitamin D]. So, it’s time to change things,” exclaimed Bill Nye in the conclusion of his video.
Bill’s video points out how ridiculous racism actually is, someone at some point in history effectively decided that the amount of UV rays that a person gets dictates how they should be treated.
Bill’s message is that treating someone unfairly just because of the color of their skin is wrong and it doesn’t make sense as we’re all a part of humankind.
