Black people

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 For many other individuals, communities and countries, "black" is also perceived as a derogatory, outdated, reductive or otherwise unrepresentative label, and as a result is neither used nor defined.

Different societies apply differing criteria regarding who is classified as "black", and these social constructs have also changed over time. In a number of countries, societal variables affect classification as much as skin color, and the social criteria for "blackness" vary. For example, in North America the term black people is not necessarily an indicator of skin color or majority ethnic ancestry, but it is instead a socially based racial classification related to being African American, with a family history associated with institutionalized slavery. In South Africa and Latin America, for instance, mixed-race people are generally not classified as "black." In South Pacific regions such as Australia and Melanesia, European colonists applied the term "black" or it was used by populations with different histories and ethnic origin.

Black Woman

Black Woman may refer to:

  • "Femme noire", a poem by Léopold Sédar Senghor
  • Black Woman (album), an album by Sonny Sharrock

  • Black Woman (album)

    Black Woman is the debut album by American jazz guitarist Sonny Sharrock which was recorded in 1969 and released on the Vortex label.

    Reception

    AllMusic awarded the album 3½ stars.

    Track listing

    All compositions by Sonny Sharrock except as indicated

  • "Black Woman" - 5:16
  • "Peanut" - 9:16
  • "Bialero" (Traditional) - 4:52
  • "Blind Willy" - 3:22
  • "Portrait of Linda in Three Colors, All Black" - 8:34
  • Personnel

  • Sonny Sharrock - guitar
  • Dave Burrell - piano
  • Norris Jones - bass
  • Milford Graves - drums
  • Linda Sharrock - voice
  • Teddy Daniel - trumpet (tracks 3-5)
  • Richard Pierce - bass (tracks 3-5)
  • Gary Sharrock - bells (track 1)
  • References

    Podcasts:

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    Black Woman

    by: Judy Mowatt

    Black Woman
    Black Woman
    Light me up
    Troubled long
    You trod one of life's roughest roads
    You got the heaviest load
    To be someone
    To belong
    Too near mile and a half furlong
    Don't give up now
    Just pray for strength now
    For you I dedicate my song
    We had forsaked once(?)
    In the plantation
    Lashes to our skin
    On auction blocks we were chained and sold
    Handled merchandise
    Highly abused and used for refuse (?)
    And thrown in garbage bins
    But no need for that now
    Free us, stand on back now
    And help me to sing my song
    When you're fighting stand up for the right thing
    And not that which is wrong
    I heard Rachel mourning for her children
    When Herod and Pharaoh took their little heads
    But just like Mary and Joseph
    Mother of Moses too
    Overcame its evil devices
    I dedicate my song for you
    Black woman
    Black woman
    I know you've struggled long
    I feel your afflictions




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