Dumb Question

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Why don't (and can) black people get natural red hair?

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

Because red hair is a genetic anomaly that doesn't originate (usually) in countries where people have high melanin.

 

[Eggyman]

Because red hair is a genetic anomaly that doesn't originate (usually) in countries where people have high melanin.

 

[SuBe]

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

Because red hair is a genetic anomaly that doesn't originate (usually) in countries where people have high melanin.

Translation for Eggyman:

Cuz red hair is a freeky thang whut happins to people whut live were thar ain't much need fer dark skin

 

[Mee]

Why don't (and can) black people get natural red hair?

Cause they're racist.

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Because red hair is a genetic anomaly that doesn't originate (usually) in countries where people have high melanin.

What about if they are not fully black?
I wanna see a picture of a black person or half black person with natural red hair, is that possible?

 

[bullets]

Why don't (and can) black people get natural red hair?

If you seen black man with red hair i think you would completely understand why it don't happen.

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

What about if they are not fully black?
I wanna see a picture of a black person or half black person with natural red hair, is that possible?

If they are not fully black than all sort of combinations of features can be seen. My nephew for example is biracial and people tell us he looks hispanic, when he is half black and half white.

 

[Eggyman]

Cuz red hair is a freeky thang whut happins to people whut live were thar ain't much need fer dark skin

Tsk! I know you're an admin, but working on your grammar would be beneficial to the boards

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

If you seen black man with red hair i think you would completely understand why it don't happen.

When Tyra Banks had her hair dyed she looked pretty good. But that's Tyra Banks, she generally looks good.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

Because no black person wants red hair.

 

[Carcharodon]

What about if they are not fully black?
I wanna see a picture of a black person or half black person with natural red hair, is that possible?

This can be a tricky question, especially since with traits like skin and hair color there are actually multiple alleles that contribute to the overall phenotypic expression, not just one homozygous/heterozygous pair.

I don't have a good answer, except to say that I've never seen or heard of a black person with red hair.

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

Because no black person wants red hair.

 

[Majic Walrus]

If you seen black man with red hair i think you would completely understand why it don't happen.

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Because no black person wants red hair.

Why is that?

 

[The-Dark-Knight]

When Tyra Banks had her hair dyed she looked pretty good. But that's Tyra Banks, she generally looks good.

She has red hair in that picture? all i see is boobs

 

[Carcharodon]

If you DID see a black person with red hair, I don't think they'd look black. The MC1R gene on chromosome 16 is the one responsible for traits associated with red hair...which include low concentrations of eumelanin and higher concentrations of pheomelanin in the hair.

This translates generally into much lighter skin tone, a feature associated with having red hair.

Somebody could have auburn hair, which would entail having relatively even concentrations of eumelanin and pheomelanin, and then maybe their skin tone could be relatively dark, but I don't know for sure.

 

[Nirvana]

Cause they're racist.

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

If you DID see a black person with red hair, I don't think they'd look black. The MC1R gene on chromosome 16 is the one responsible for traits associated with red hair...which include low concentrations of eumelanin and higher concentrations of pheomelanin in the hair.

This translates generally into much lighter skin tone, a feature associated with having red hair.

Somebody could have auburn hair, which would entail having relatively even concentrations of eumelanin and pheomelanin, and then maybe their skin tone could be relatively dark, but I don't know for sure.

Someone read the wikipedia

 

[Carcharodon]

Someone read the wikipedia

It's one thing to read the wikipedia...it's another to already have an educational background in biology and genetics and then read Wikipedia as a refresher. Nothing wrong with that.

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

It's one thing to read the wikipedia...it's another to already have an educational background in biology and genetics and then read Wikipedia as a refresher. Nothing wrong with that.

I have naturally red hair

 

[Carcharodon]

I have naturally red hair

Red hair can be awesome.

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

I was a cute four year old

 

[AndThePickles]

Sometimes black people have a few strands of different colored hair mixed in...Spoons, for example, has red/orange/gold-ish looking strands of hair mixed in with his beard. They're just really hard to see unless you're up close and in the sun.