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This article was nominated for deletion on 2007-03-18. The result of the discussion was Speedy keep.

Commons category: How come missing?

Please add the {{Commons category|People with black skin}}

to the article. 31.210.177.165 (talk)

Africa Come First

Considering the largest number of black people are located in Africa AND it's alphabetically first, should the section about Africa not precede the section about black people in the US? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.33.55.169 (talk) 00:55, 26 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The term 'black people' is an English-language term to describe a social group. The phrase first came into widespread use in the Americas (the Caribbean and the US). Therefore, it makes sense that the use of the term in the U.S. is given prominence. The re-order put 'North Africa' as the first location, when in fact it should be South Africa - the next country where the term 'black people' is in fairly widespread use.

An alphabetical order is silly because the alphabet is an entirely arbitrary order - what sense is there in putting the marginal use of the term 'black people' in China ahead of the U.S. - which actually has a black president?Ackees (talk) 15:10, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Doubled paragraph

Hi there,

The paragraph "The Negritos were the earliest inhabitants of Southeast Asia. Negritos means “little black people”; it is what the Spanish called the short black people they saw in the Philippines.[107]" occurs twice under the "Asia" heading.

T 83.109.182.93 (talk) 15:23, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]