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Are they withdrawing Melanin from ( Blacks )
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“White” explores a future where society’s racial stratification is heightened by a need for melanin.
“Even though people with darker skin can extract something — it has value — they still don’t have control over it,” says Clarke. “It’s just like mining of diamonds or gold or gas — all these natural resources where the people, the masses don’t have control of that.”
The film centers around Bato, a young community activist fighting against melanin extraction, a practice that pays donors to remove all pigment from their skin. But he’s forced into a difficult situation when his wife goes into labor prematurely and they don’t have enough money to pay the clinic fees. Eventually, Bato compromises his principals and sells his melanin to pay for the safe birth of his son.
For Clarke, it’s a visual representation of something that many individuals experience today. “It’s a pretty profound thing to strip ourselves of our identity….And yet, symbolically, people are forced to do that in many ways in our society.”
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I see melanin sold in the stores to help promote peace and rest. Properties of Melanin. That is also the racist claim bases white America perpetrated for years and use against Blacks. ( depicting us laying back, saying we are lazy etc.. ) melanin makes you sleepy or slows the body into a resting state.
Are they withdrawing Melanin from ( Blacks )
A Most Precious Asset Is Only Skin Deep
'White', a short film in ITVS's Futurestates series, explores a future where society's racial stratification is heightened by the threat of global warming.
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“White” explores a future where society’s racial stratification is heightened by a need for melanin.
“Even though people with darker skin can extract something — it has value — they still don’t have control over it,” says Clarke. “It’s just like mining of diamonds or gold or gas — all these natural resources where the people, the masses don’t have control of that.”
The film centers around Bato, a young community activist fighting against melanin extraction, a practice that pays donors to remove all pigment from their skin. But he’s forced into a difficult situation when his wife goes into labor prematurely and they don’t have enough money to pay the clinic fees. Eventually, Bato compromises his principals and sells his melanin to pay for the safe birth of his son.
For Clarke, it’s a visual representation of something that many individuals experience today. “It’s a pretty profound thing to strip ourselves of our identity….And yet, symbolically, people are forced to do that in many ways in our society.”
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I see melanin sold in the stores to help promote peace and rest. Properties of Melanin. That is also the racist claim bases white America perpetrated for years and use against Blacks. ( depicting us laying back, saying we are lazy etc.. ) melanin makes you sleepy or slows the body into a resting state.
