albinoism

“The degeneration called albinoism has a remarkable influence upon the hair, destroying its coarse, nappy, wooly appearance, and converting it into fine, long, soft, silky, curly threads.”

Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject

“Why not try to correlate it to something like albinoism, which while similarly “broken” from a purely biological perspective carries no moral stigma?”

Think Progress » “Dogs aren’t born mooing, and people aren’t born gay.”

“Generally speaking, my complexion being somewhere between the spectrum of Julianne Moore and albinoism, I am not a tanner.”

Archive 2007-05-01

“Also within our species we have dwarfism, putitary giantism, albinoism, and thousands of other variants that are noticeable.”

Kicking the Legs Out From Under the Willfully Ignorant « Whatever

“As Jagreen Lem had emphasised, without the blade he was less than half a man, for his albinoism weakened him.”

Storm Bringer

“Among the higher animals, albinoism and melanism may, as I have already stated, be considered as analogous facts; and I met with one case of a bird, a species of Lory (Eos fuscata), clearly existing under two differently coloured forms, since I obtained both sexes of each from a single flock, while no intermediate specimens have yet been found.”

Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays

“[Warning: side effects may include late-onset albinoism, increased risk of liburuls, and John Birch Syndrome]”

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