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Do white people generally handle cold weather better and POC generally handle warm weather better?

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Posted - July 25, 2016

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  • 457
    Watch Cool Runnings.
      July 25, 2016 7:54 AM MDT
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  • 44617

    I think it is more of young and old thing rather than color. When I was younger neither one bothered me much. Now they do. The same with my brother-law, who is black.

      July 25, 2016 8:08 AM MDT
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      July 25, 2016 8:12 AM MDT
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  • No
      July 25, 2016 8:12 AM MDT
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  • 386
      July 25, 2016 8:16 AM MDT
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  • 11110
    Not the POC that live in the banana belt of Canada (Central Vancouver Island) white or black we all complain if the weather gets anywhere near O. Cheers!
      July 25, 2016 8:17 AM MDT
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  • 53509
    During the height of the European slave-trading years, that was a common assumption that contributed to certain people's justification of the practice in bolstering colonization of other lands. It played well into the premise that even deeper profits could be made in places such as Sub-Saharan Africa, The West Indies, Central and South America, the southern part of what is now the United States, etc.

    "They come from the heat, they're used to the heat, so they can be sent to arid, tropical zones and be worked to death to line the pockets of their betters. It's simple science, by jove."

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      July 25, 2016 8:54 AM MDT
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  • Maybe. There might be some correlation due to economic conditioning. POC tending to have lower funds in general might mean less air conditioning in the summer heat and less oppertunity to engage in expensive outdoor winter activity. Where a larger proportion of white people might be able to afford hiding in the AC during the hot days of summer and go out in the winter well prepped.
      July 25, 2016 9:21 AM MDT
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      July 25, 2016 9:24 AM MDT
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      July 25, 2016 9:25 AM MDT
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      July 25, 2016 9:26 AM MDT
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  • Um...k
      July 25, 2016 9:26 AM MDT
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  • What I'm saying is POC might handle the heat better in general because their social status makes them experience it more. Kinda like how people from Florida act like 70 is hoodie weather.
      July 25, 2016 9:46 AM MDT
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  • 46117

    I remember hearing (not sure now) that people in hot climates generally have darker pigmentation and their blood is somehow "thicker" due to the heat conditions.   I guess if your blood runs slower, you use less energy to keep vital and alive in the heat and if you are in very cold climates, you require less melanin and the blood thins so that it can move through the body quicker and, thus keep you warmer. 

    I'm not sure if this holds water anymore.  I do know that the Latinos around here that do outside work, cover themselves from head to toe in the blistering heat.  They are used to it.  I would pass out in a half hour if I went outside dressed like that.  They are something else,  those guys.   They are Mexican Xmen.

      July 25, 2016 11:24 AM MDT
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  • Mexican xmen? :0|
      July 25, 2016 11:29 AM MDT
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  • 5354

    POC ?? (pieces of crap / people of color / penniless overweight cannibals)

    Sounds as bad as the South African word "Nieblanc" (nonwhite).

      July 25, 2016 12:00 PM MDT
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  • 5
    Idk about handle, but whites have a higher rate of MS in cold regions
      July 25, 2016 12:13 PM MDT
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  • 477
    Doesn't matter what the temperature is, rich folks will find a way to complain about it.
      July 25, 2016 1:10 PM MDT
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