Given the question: Given the following passage "Black people is a term used in certain countries, often in socially based systems of racial classification or of ethnicity, to describe persons who are perceived to be dark-skinned compared to other given populations. As such, the meaning of the expression varies widely both between and within societies, and depends significantly on context. For many other individuals, communities and countries, "black" is also perceived as a derogatory, outdated, reductive or otherwise unrepresentative label, and as a result is neither used nor defined.", answer the following question. Note that the answer is present within the text. Question: What does the term black people mean?
The answer is:
to describe persons who are perceived to be dark-skinned compared to other given populations