[Stealth]

hehe, check this out:

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_365484.html

Liver pills turn black man white

A black man who was given tablets for liver disease has won £15,000 after they turned him white.



The skin of Tekeste Kahsay, 59, has turned white, except for a patch of skin across his face.

Mr Kahsay, originally from Eritrea but now living in Sweden, says he feels like a black man trapped in a white man's body.

Mr Kahsay was badly injured as he worked at a sawmill in Lidkoping. Blood tests revealed the first stages of liver disease which could have proved fatal.

He was prescribed a drug which saved his liver but had astonishing side effects. His skin became increasingly light until he was white except for a dark "mask" on his face and ears. He has been shunned and attacked because of his strange appearance.

He said: ''This is terrible. I disappeared. I was a black man inside and a white man outside. My self-confidence is gone."

Mr Kahsay won £15,000 from a medical tribunal, The Mirror reports.

The doctor who treated him is reported to be off work with severe psychological problems. In Mr Kahsay's homeland, he is shunned as a leper, as white pigment is considered a sign of the disease.

He added: ''I am a black man and will always be a black man but I don't know who I am. But I have learned a lot about intolerance towards people of another colour.''

these damn tabloids... i don't know whether to believe it or not, but i'm leaning on the believing side.

[karajorma]

I've seen cases of a melanin related disorder having exactly this effect so it's almost certainly true.

It's rather shocking when you realise exactly how little difference there actually is between the two races.

[TheGreatGeneral]

What the hell....

[an0n]

In Mr Kahsay's homeland, he is shunned as a leper, as white pigment is considered a sign of the disease.

They say that like it's something bad.

I remind everyone that he DID have a disease and the white pigment WAS a sign of it. So they're right in shunning him.

[karajorma]

For anyone interested the disorder I mentioned earlier is called vitiligo. This is the first time I've heard that a drug can trigger it though.

An0n. It's a disorder not a disease. Completely non-infectious.

[an0n]

And?

[Sandwich]

Originally posted by karajorma
It's rather shocking when you realise exactly how little difference there actually is between the two races.

What a mindblowing newsflash. Wow - blacks are human, too?? {/sarcasm}

[karajorma]

anon : You're wrong. Deal with it.

[karajorma]

Originally posted by Sandwich
What a mindblowing newsflash. Wow - blacks are human, too?? {/sarcasm}

Nope. I actually meant in terms of looks. Change one single chemical and a black person looks identical to a white person.

[an0n]

A chronic disease is still a disease.

And the white pigment is still evidence of flaws in his physiology, biology and/or genetics.

[Bobboau]

it was only a mater of time till it was posted.

[karajorma]

Originally posted by an0n
A chronic disease is still a disease.

And the white pigment is still evidence of flaws in his physiology, biology and/or genetics.

Nope. All it shows is that if he takes a certain drug melanin production ceases. There were no other side effects. There's absolutely nothing else wrong with him.

[Bobboau]

you know this guy would make a kickass super villan.

[Flipside]

I think, or at least I hope, An0n is trying to see this from the point of view of those in his home country, with their assumptions and fears.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by an0n

They say that like it's something bad.

I remind everyone that he DID have a disease and the white pigment WAS a sign of it. So they're right in shunning him.

He didn't / doesn't have leprosy, and they're shunning him as a leper.

Twat.

[Bobboau]

Originally posted by Flipside
I think, or at least I hope, An0n is trying to see this from the point of view of those in his home country, with their assumptions and fears.

you mean your home country?

honestly do people realy have that short of a memory of things An0n posts?

[Flipside]

Just about everyones home country.

I guess the Sunny Disposition is done with for now then An0n

[an0n]

'As a leper' only means in equal degree and similar fashion.

And regardless of how minor or stupid or subject to circumstance his defect is, it's still a goddamn defect. You can PC it all you want, there's still something wrong with him, something abnormal, something that shouldn't be there. Thus, they're right.

[an0n]

Originally posted by Flipside
I guess the Sunny Disposition is done with for now then An0n

I'm not swearing or calling people ****s, so it's still there to a degree.

[Flipside]

From the point of view of those who shun him, they are right..........

Personally, I think it's disgusting that people should treat him like that, but the world is, alas, filled to overflowing with prejudice against anything that is not 'normal'. As An0n points out, it's human behaviour.