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p'raps I should point out the fact that to many people of African heritage the phrase is intrinsically positive?
Of course, mav...but that goes without saying. The "Black is Beautiful" slogan from the Sixties was an attempt to put a new perspective on the seemingly endless semantic negatives attached to the color, and add affirmation to blackness.
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> an attempt to put a new perspective on the seemingly endless semantic negatives attached to the color well, certainly for people without color  otoh, Anna Sewell would have been surprised to think of that as a novelty of the 60s...
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> an attempt to put a new perspective on the seemingly endless semantic negatives attached to the color
well, certainly for people without color
Not exclusively so. The word "gori" in Hindi, which is the feminine form of the adjectiive meaning "fair, of pale complexion", is used to mean "fair maiden", "beautiful woman", etc. Not too long ago one (rather fair-skinned) Bollywood actress reacted to another (more melanin-enriched) starlet's growing fame by dismissing her as a "kaalaa billii", "black cat". Indian women spend megabucks on whitening creams, and, at least in Hindi cinema, actresses look dozens of shades lighter on screen than in "candid" shots.
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A similar phenomenon exists in Indonesia. Only the fairskinned will be described as "cantik" (beautiful). The best their darker sisters can hope for is "hitam manis" (literally, sweet and black, but used for anything from medium brown to jet black skin). Skin whiteners are also big business here.
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and a black dress looks good anytime, anywhere.
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"I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon." (AV)
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and what a weasel word is that but...
(tho' I am partial to a pert but of any colour)
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See also in Wikipedia: Black Monday, Black Tuesday, Black Wednesday,etc
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