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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.

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.

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.