Your Eye Color

  • Science: What is the science behind this topic? How do you explain the science to the general public? How reliable are your sources? Can you verify this science with other sources?


  • Eye color is determined by the variations in the human’s eyes.The genes associated with eye color are determined by the production, transport, and storage of a pigment called melanin. My source is extremely reliable because it is a site with a .gov, meaning it was created by the government. Yes, it can be verified with other sources.  


  • Society: How does this impact society? Are certain people more impacted than others? Does it affect society in a negative or positive manner? What are some of the different viewpoints on this topic? How might this develop in the future?


  • This directly impacts society in how you view the person and how the person looks when brought into the world. You also see a pattern in who normally has a certain color eye, and when there’s someone who doesn’t have that same color, people notice that.


  • Self: What are your thoughts on this issue? Do you identify with a certain viewpoint? How does your culture or upbringing influence your thoughts on this topic? What suggestions do you have on this issue?


  • I think it’s very interesting that most black people have brown eyes because of their genes that were passed down. I don’t really identify with any viewpoint, since eye color is eye color. I suggest that we look at things more important than eye color, because eye color doesn’t affect anyone’s lifestyle in a meaningful way.

References: 

Is eye color determined by genetics? - Genetics Home Reference. (n.d.). Retrieved October 27, 2016, from https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/primer/traits/eyecolor

SiOWfa15: Science in Our World: Certainty and Controversy. (n.d.). Retrieved October 27, 2016, from https://sites.psu.edu/siowfa15/2015/09/18/how-do-genes-determine-eye-color/

Laser procedure can turn brown eyes blue. (n.d.). Retrieved October 27, 2016, from http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/04/tech/mci-brown-eyes-blue/index.html

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