"Umber
People" refers to individuals outside of
sub-Saharan Africa whose physical appearance, prior to 1492, aligned with a broad spectrum of earthy skin tones—ranging from coal black, blue black, and grey black to olive greens, soil, dirt, and lighter shades like
sand-colored—along with varied facial features and structures that, by today’s 'looks
test' standards, would lead
white individuals or systems to mistake, classify, reclassify, or treat them as Black. This identity includes
pre-1492 indigenous or tribal groups such as Melanesians, Dravidians, dark-skinned Native Americans (e.g., Clovis
people, Ouachita), Australian Aborigines, Tasmanians, Negritos, and others, whose melanated color developed independently of recent African intervention or migration (post-1492 transatlantic slave trade). It complements the traditional 'Black' and 'Negro' categories, reserved for
sub-Saharan Africans and their diaspora, uniting all under a shared visual recognition and resilience against marginalization.
Dark skinned
people descended from Africa, are Black
People. Dark skinned
people descended from other places, like Natve or indigenous chocolate colored East Indians, are Umber People.