[jason31278]

That’s definately a troublesome question. On one hand I see your point about the significance of blackness being looked upon as both negative and associated with people of color. But I think it’s important to realize that most of the black imagery in indo-european languages comes from fear of the unknowing: darkness, as a place where evil dwells. While this kind of underlying idea to european languages can create complications in race matters (‘dark continent’ for example) I think it’s proving less and less meaningful in the collective unconscious, particularly since most people that use the word probably don’t even realize its latin roots.

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