Black is a racialized classification of people, usually a political and skin color-based category for specific populations with a mid- to dark brown complexion. Not all people considered “black” have dark skin; in certain countries, often in socially based systems of racial classification in the Western world, the term “black” is used to describe persons who are perceived as dark-skinned compared to other populations. It is most commonly used for people of sub-Saharan African ancestry, Indigenous Australians and Melanesians, though it has been applied in many contexts to other groups and is no indicator of any close ancestral relationship whatsoever. Indigenous African societies do not use the term black as a racial identity outside of influences brought by Western cultures. (“Black People.” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation,19 August 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_people)