Black people

**Black** be a racial classification of people, usually a political den skin color-based category for specific populations plus a mid- to dark brown complexion. Often insyd countries plus socially based systems of racial classification insyd de Western world, dem dey use de term "black" to describe persons wey na dem perceived as darker-skinned in contrast to oda populations. E be most commonly used for people of sub-Saharan African ancestry, Indigenous Australians, den Melanesians, though na e be applied insyd chaw contexts to oda groups, wey e be no indicator of any close ancestral relationship watsoever. However, no be all people dem consider "black" get dark skin den often additional phenotypical characteristics be relevant, such as certain facial den hair-texture features. Indigenous African societies no dey use de term *black* as a racial identity outsyd of influences wey Western cultures bring.

Contemporary anthropologists den oda scientists, while dem dey recognize de reality of biological variation between different human populations, regard de concept of a unified, distinguishable "Black race" as dem socially construct. Different societies dey apply different criteria wey dey regard who na dem classify "black", wey na dem change dese social constructs have over time. In a number of countries, societal variables dey affect classification as much as skin color, den de social criteria for "blackness" dey vary. Sam perceive de term 'black' as a derogatory, outdated, reductive anaa otherwise unrepresentative label, den as a result neither use nor define am, especially insyd African countries plus little to no history of colonial racial segregation.

Insyd de anglosphere de term fi carry a variety of meanings wey dey depend on de country. Insyd de United Kingdom, na "black" be historically equivalent plus "person of color", a general term give non-European peoples. While de term "person of color" be commonly used den accepted insyd de United States, de near-sounding term "colored person" be considered highly offensive, except insyd South Africa, wer na e be a descriptor for a person of mixed race. Insyd oda regions such as Australasia, settlers apply de adjective "black" to de indigenous population. Na e be universally regarded as highly offensive insyd Australia til de 1960s den 70s. Na dem generally no dey use "Black" as a noun, buh rather as an adjective qualifying sam oda descriptor (e.g. "black ****"). As desegregation progress after de 1967 referendum, na sam Aboriginals adopt de term, dey follow de American fashion, buh na e remain problematic.

Chaw American style guides, wey dey include de *AP Stylebook*, change dema guides to capitalize de 'b' insyd 'black', dey follow de 2020 murder of George Floyd, an African American. Na de *ASA Style Guide* dey say dat dem fo no capitalise de 'b'.

## Africa
### Northern Africa
### Sahara
### North-Eastern Africa

### Southern Africa

## Asia

### Afro-Asians

### Western Asia

#### Arab world

#### Iran

#### Israel

#### Turkey

### Southern Asia

### Southeastern Asia

## Europe

### Western Europe

#### France

#### Germany

#### Netherlands

#### Portugal

#### Spain

#### United Kingdom

### Eastern Europe

#### Balkans

## Oceania

### Indigenous Australians

### Melanesians

## North America

### Canada

### United States

* Senegambia (Senegal den The Gambia): 4.8%
* Upper Guinea (Guinea-Bissau, Guinea den Sierra Leone): 4.1%
* Windward Coast (Liberia den Ivory Coast): 1.8%
* Gold Coast (Ghana den east of Ivory Coast): 10.4%
* Bight of Benin (Togo, Benin den Nigeria west of de Niger Delta): 20.2%
* Bight of Biafra (Nigeria east of de Niger Delta, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea den Gabon): 14.6%
* West Central Africa (Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo den Angola): 39.4%
* Southeastern Africa (Mozambique den Madagascar): 4.7%

### New Great Migration

#### One-drop rule

#### Blackness

### Mexico

### Caribbean

#### Dominican Republic

#### Puerto Rico

## South America

### Brazil

#### Statistics

#### Race relations insyd Brazil

### Colombia

### Venezuela

## References


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