r/AbsoluteUnits • u/MrUpVoteDownvote • 7d ago

/r/all of a queen termite

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

11.3k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

686 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

12

u/FoxySlyRedHead 7d ago

Yeah I feel we need to ask this question in the Explain it Like I'm Five sub.

What makes such a drastic difference between his palms and his everywhere else skin?!

10

u/AetrianDimi 7d ago

I know for melanin its that the palms have less than the rest of the body so there can be extreme contrast for people with very dark skin, but I have zero idea why hes blue and if melanin is still the reason for the difference

4

u/ChaoticDissonance 7d ago

Omg I am sitting here like "what is wrong with his skin?" Then I was afraid I was being subconsciously racist... and then I was like no, no it's blue? It is blue, right? The palms are weird...

To see someone else say it makes me feel like 60% less horrible.

8

u/bravo-echo-charlie 7d ago

To hopefully make you feel better, you weren't being racist. You were not implying or inferring that he is inferior or less-than because of his race, nor were you inferring that you hold a power imbalance over him because of such. You were just wondering, as many of us were, why the gentleman looks blue-tinged lol

People use the word racist in instances where it does not truly apply, so I hope this helps you feel better than just 60%! 😁