# what is your opinion on "Melanin Theory"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-on-melanin-theory/725297>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 16, 2015, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-on-melanin-theory/725297 "2015-07-16T04:26:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![davida03801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-on-melanin-theory/725297/41 "2015-07-29T19:06:40Z")

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Racist by any other name is still racist.

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-on-melanin-theory/725297/42 "2015-07-29T20:41:42Z")

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> [@thanatic](#):
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> Melanin Theory says Black People are spiritually, physically and mentally superior to white people…that melanin gives them special properties

Does it also give powers to Dravidians and Micronesians? How about Aborigines?

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**Author:** ![Doyle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doyle/32/439_2.png) [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-on-melanin-theory/725297/43 "2015-07-29T21:03:51Z")

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> [@kaylasdad99](#):
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> Or we would laugh the notion out of the room, the way we are this one.

No, you wouldn’t laugh.

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-on-melanin-theory/725297/44 "2015-07-30T17:21:00Z")

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> [@Doyle](#):
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> No, you wouldn’t laugh.

Yes, we would.

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