Wokeism of the day *Revised Mod Note in OP and threadbanned users*

Nobody said anyone invented the colour white. What’s being researched is the associations which have historically been made with the colour white, and the associations which have been made with colours relative to white, by people who are white.

The news is even worse from your perspective, because black people are only tanned if they’re out in the sun too long, similar to any other colour, regardless of the colour of their skin. Has to do with melanin content, and simply being black doesn’t mean they’re impervious to the effects of UV radiation. Can have all sorts of fun with that idea when associations are made between social status and skin colour -

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7380621/

I’m not sure why I shouldn’t visit Asia? They’re far less likely to mistake me for being Chinese based on my physical appearance, unlike the unfortunate who was three sheets to the wind when she called me a chink 😂

(I’ve been mistaken for a couple of different ethnicities, personally I don’t think I actually look any different from most Irish men so I’m not sure what other people are seeing, I’m obviously white! 😳)

Lay off the white guilt.

Oh thaaat’s what you were aiming for! Well you could have just said that. It would have sounded equally as stupid as your last post, but it would have been a lot more to the point.

No, African people didn’t invent white paint. Two Norwegians did, hence the purpose of the paper, as frivolous and all as it is -

It was not until the Norwegian chemist Dr. Peder Farup (1875 – 1934) together with chemist and industrialist Dr. Gustav Jebsen (1861 – 1923) discovered an advanced chemical method (separating the iron and titanium in the mineral ilmenite) that the technological conditions for producing a pure white paint were engineered and made possible. The production of titanium white was based on advancements in geology and mining; technological innovations in hydroelectric power; and unique chemistry breakthroughs by Farup and Jebsen between 1910 to 1920, most notably for the manufacture of the inorganic chemical compound titanium dioxide and the ‘sulfate process’ which still is the most used production process for titanium dioxide. The patent for titanium dioxide (TiO2) allowed for the development of the titanium white pigment, which revolutionized the color-industry by bringing into the market an absolute white, non-toxic paint that resisted miscoloring due to dirt and rust. Production for the global market began in the mine Titania AS in Sokndal, Norway, and in the factory Kronos Titan AS in Fredrikstad, Norway, in 1916—and the companies are still key players in the global production of TiO2. During the 1930s and 1940s, the origin of titanium white—the inorganic chemical compound TiO2—was increasingly used in combination with other materials (as coating for concrete, glazing for ceramics, and additive in plastic) thereby changing the aesthetics of surfaces in architecture and design. Its extreme covering ability made surfaces smoother, brighter, and more opaque.

It’s your trying to be a smartarse is trying to appropriate a Norwegian invention. The ‘POC’ reference is just as silly, unless you’re suggesting white people are actually translucent?

I don't care what the article says.

Clearly.

What’s that even supposed to mean? You tell me lay off the white guilt, then tell me you don’t care what the article says, when it documents the invention and use of the particular paint it’s referring to, and then you tell ME I don’t care about history?

If only Africans had patented the technology, but they didn’t, so tough titty, none of your African history lesson matters.

RTFA:

The patent for titanium dioxide (TiO2) allowed for the development of the titanium white pigment, which revolutionized the color-industry by bringing into the market an absolute white, non-toxic paint that resisted miscoloring due to dirt and rust.

From white walls to systemic spread: today TiO2 circulates extensively through our material, biological, and economic systems, most of the time completely unnoticeable. The inorganic compound hides in the food we eat, the paper we print on, the paint on the wall, as well as in concrete coatings, in synthetic textiles, tattoos, make-up, sunscreens, and in endless amounts of white plastic products. Currently the Norwegian innovation TiO2 is present in literally every part of modern life.

https://www.tio2project.com/norwhite

TiO2 - nothing whatsoever to do with Africa, and Africans sure as hell didn’t invent it.

While I don't want to speak for xxxxxxl, I think he meant that the method of getting the pigment is irrelevant. The important thing is that it has been around thousands of years before two Norwegians found one particular way of making white. The chemicals used are irrelevant, the end result is what is important.

They switch to the BBC World News service which broadcasts in over 200 countries.

Nah, nobody’s defending it Q, it’s a frivolous paper, not all that unusual for third-level thesis’. I can just never tell whether xl is on a wind-up or if he’s genuinely serious, but claiming Africans invented white paint was just Wakandan levels of wokery -

https://english.alarabiya.net/life-style/fashion-and-beauty/2016/11/26/African-tribal-make-up-What-s-behind-the-face-paint-

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I can't believe people are arguing over who invented a colour that initially fell from the sky... Time to go after the whiteys who invented snow.