The issue focused on the likely cause of the black "pigmentation" of the white earlobes. The study was called to the attention of the United States National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. "The reason that I am going to look at that is that I have an earlobe that is about the same color as the black earlobes of the black people of America. I have an earlobe that is not as black as the black earlobes