Yes for me it does seem to work. The bottoms of my barefeet have gotten much darker. Not my palms though. Not exactly sure why that is.
They absolutely tan and should wear sun screen as well!
I have never worn protection. At the tanning bed or on the beach. As long as the sensitive area is covered, nothing burns.
I’m surprised no one said this: Define “black people”.
In the US, a “black person” might be 75% “white” or more.
Welcome to the Dope, Barefoot_Black_Bull!
Great Sun Jester was pointing out that the thread you’re responding to is six years old. Reviving a zombie thread always results in undead jokes - it’s kind of a tradition here.
That’s true. I am 100% black. Sometimes 120% black.
This thread dates back to 2009. We tend to refer to old threads that have been raised from the dead like this as zombie threads. Expect a few zombie-related sarcastic comments and/or jokes.
January 11, 2009
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Anyone who can jump.
That’s true. A read about a scientific study which looked for genetic markers and found that 98% of Americans who identify as “black” have some European ancestry and 35% of Americans who identify as “white” have some African ancestry.
My spouse, who identifies as “black” is roughly* 60% African, 30% European, and 10% Asian. Yes she does tan. Sometimes in the winter time she’ll comment on how her skin is a lighter shade of brown than usual. She never uses sunscreen and rarely gets burned.
- I say “roughly” because even if you know what your great-grandparents looked like, you still don’t know what THEIR great-grandparents looked like, not with a high degree of certainty anyway.
+1
Loads of evidence that dark skinned people in northern latitudes don’t get enough vit D, and it’s got a* lot *more uses than just bone health. In fact pale people are generally deficient too, but it’s a more pronounced effect for dark people.
It’s cheap and easy to supplement though.
