# what is your opinion on "Melanin Theory"

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**Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-on-melanin-theory/725297/1 "2015-07-16T04:26:11Z")

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Melanin Theory says Black People are spiritually, physically and mentally superior to white people…that melanin gives them special properties

> **[Melanin theory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanin_theory)**
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> Melanin theory is a set of pseudoscientific claims made by some proponents of Afrocentrism, which holds that black people, including ancient Egyptians, have superior mental, physical, and paranormal powers because they have higher levels of melanin, the primary skin pigment in humans.
> Melanin theory posits that individuals' responses to social stimuli are determined by the prevalence of the skin pigment melanin. Historian Stephen Ferguson describes melanin theory as a component of "strong" Afr...

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