Negative side view
Melanin theory is also being considered as a view of reverse racism in few opinions. This idea actually comes from the extremists’ view in the Afrocentric movement ，which is to raise people’s attention to Africa-Americans and increase their pride and self-esteem at first[1] ； however it somewhat makes a reverse effect late on, it is called a pseudoscience and and discredited form of black supremacist theory[2] because it gradually becomes misdirecting and exaggerating the scientific truth after it. According to Bernard Ortiz de Montellano from Wayne State University, who supports increasing the representation of minorities in the scientific community thinks that "this pseudoscience will cause fewer Minorities to enter the actual scientific field. "[3]At a time when there is little awareness of the black community at large, a large number of radical ideas can create a backlash.
Also, In the article Melanin, afrocentricity, and pseudoscience from Bernard R. Ortiz De Montellano ,which was published in 1993 gives an idea that some "Melanists" misrepresent human evolution, claiming that black people have a racial advantage on physical, mental, and moral because they have more melanin in their skin. They have superconductivity at the same time. The main problem with this ideological movement is that it will increase the scientific illiteracy that is already prevalent in the country, and that will widen the gap between the races.[4]In the paper, he experimentally dismissed the idea that melanin had unusual characteristics, particularly superconductivity, and the idea that one race was superior to another was false because all humans have melanin .According to Montellano,"This entire scheme is pure pseudoscience, which distorts or misinterprets scientific evidence, advocates the existence of the paranormal, and utilizes anthropo-logical theories that have been discarded for a century. "
Positive side view
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A professor at Howard University which is a prominent black school named Frances Welsing .Welsing had been a regular polemicist since the 1970s, and she had been preaching black supremacism on television. She wrote many articles asserting that white skin color is due to a genetic defect, a form of albinism, in which poor white people are unable to produce the melanin that makes up skin color. In her 1991 book, The Isis Papers, she argued that white supremacy was a mental illness. According to Welsing, the genetic defect caused the original white people to be ostracized by the black community, forced to leave the black community and find their way out. When white people realized that they were excluded, they felt inferiority, which eventually rebounded strongly and turned into white supremacist theories. For example, the Germans in World War II tried to cover up their congenital deficiencies and eliminate their inferiority.[5]On this basis, Welsing also believes that because of the inferiority of the white people, their behaviors are full of aggression, and they want to dwarf the black people through political and economic means, such as suppression and arrest.
- ^ "African American Racism in the Academic Community: Institute for the Study of Academic Racism - Ferris State University". www.ferris-pages.org. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ^ Miller, Frederic P.; Vandome, Agnes F.; McBrewster, John (2010-06-01). Melanin Theory: Pseudoscience, Melanin, Black People, White People, Black Supremacy, Nuwaubianism, Scientific Racism. Alphascript Publishing. ISBN 978-613-0-25676-0.
- ^ JAROFF, LEON (2001-06-24). "Teaching Reverse Racism". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ^ Montellano, Bernard R. Ortiz De (1993). "Melanin, afrocentricity, and pseudoscience". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 36 (S17): 33–58. doi:10.1002/ajpa.1330360604. ISSN 1096-8644.
- ^ "The Hidden Colors of Frances Cress Welsing's Historical Legacy". Black Agenda Report. 2016-01-06. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
