Sickle-cell anemia has very little to do with race and everything to do with protection against malaria - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110428123

Sickle-cell anemia has very little to do with race and everything to do with protection against malaria - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110428123931.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110428123931.ht.... That people with darker skin live in areas where malaria is present is just a coincidence.