The thesis is that Western science is inferior to that of people of color because it proceeds from evil motivations. Multiculturalists also claim that Western science is methodologically inferior because it is materialistic and relies only on natural law, neglecting the supernatural. A common thread that runs through much of multicultural literature is that people of color are more spiritual than whites. Among Afrocentrics, a group called melanists attribute this to higher levels of melanin. A few of the properties attributed to melanin include superconductivity, electromagnetic absorption at all frequencies, extremely sensitive magnetic susceptibility, and the ability to function as a microcomputer and process information.
Melanin is supposed to regulate all physiological and psychological processes in humans.
Black athletes supposedly have superior coordination and reflexes because of their melanin. Melanin is also responsible for the superior intelligence, the potential extra-sensory ability, and the greater spirituality of Black people. A similar strategy is to claim that myths are accurate eyewitness testimonies about reality. Even in the West, religion was the prime explanatory source for both natural and supernatural phenomena. The success of science and technology, and subsequent disillusionment with religion, have lead to an acceptance of science as an explanatory source, as a validation mechanism and perhaps even as a source of truth.