Rants, Raves, and Rhetoric v4

Tag: melanin

  • TED Talk: Nina Jablonski breaks the illusion of skin color

    Nina’s book Skin was a great read. It was the first time I understood melanin and vitamin D. And cancer. If the video below does not work, then try Nina Jablonski breaks the illusion of skin color.

  • TED Talk: Identity in the 21st Century

    Two major recurring political issues in the United States are related, I think, to issues of mixing cultures. There is an instinct to trust those like us more implicitly and consider those who do not look or act like us as bad. Coming to trust people as members of our “tribe” can reverse this instinct.…