"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.
by anonymous July 25, 2025