Bill Nye 'the Science Guy' has struck again – this time breaking down the idea of racism in a short and snappy TikTok video explainer about the science of skin colour.
Image: Screenshot showing Bill Nye giving a lesson on the science of skin colour in a video he shared to his millions of followers on TikTok on July 19, 2020. TORONTO -- Bill Nye ‘the Science Guy’ has struck again – this time tearing down the idea of racism in a short and snappy online video that explains the science of skin colour.
Nye’s lesson is swift and straight to the point. “And it turns out that everybody on Earth is descendent from people that live here, in Africa,” Nye says in the video that has been viewed more than 10 million times since it was posted on July 19. “And then as groups of us move around the world, the colour of our skin had to change,” he added.Vitamin D is produced in people’s skin, he explains, using UV light that shines from the sun.
Nye goes on to say that, because exposure to UV light varies depending on where you are on the planet, so will a person’s skin colour. As a result, he says, skin colour has evolved to deal with the amount of UV in the environment and as a result, people had lighter skin colour the further away from the equator they were.
“And that’s it, everybody. That’s why we have different coloured skin. But we’re all one species,” Nye concluded in the video. “But we’re not treating each other fairly. Not everybody is getting an even shake. So it’s time to change things,” he reiterated.
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