C) Any person with a certain level with a certain level of dark skin that has longer limb proportions
D) Any person with a certain level of dark skin who has a longer limb proportions and has a certain cranial features
E) Any person with a certain level of dark skin who has a longer limb proportions, has a certain cranial features and has a certain limited range of facial features
F) Any person with a certain level of dark skin whose ancestors have lived on the continent of Africa within a certain relatively recent period of time
G) Any person with a certain level of dark skin who has longer limb proportions, has a certain cranial features and whose ancestors have lived on the continent of Africa within a certain relatively recent period of time
H) Any person with a certain level of dark skin who has longer limb proportions, has a certain cranial features, has a certain limited range of facial features and whose ancestors have lived on the continent of Africa within a certain relatively recent period of time
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quote:Originally posted by NonProphet: Literally absence of light (or knowledge to Egocentrics).
How about one more -
I) A sociopolitical classification for demographics
that might be a larger category that could also include "white". The above question is a sub category in relation to A sociopolitical classification for demographics.
If we were talking about an apple and I asked was it a fruit or vegetable. The answer would not be it's a "type of food"
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quote:Originally posted by the lioness: William J. Anderson:
what does "black" mean? .....
You have posted a totally irrelevant "multiple choice" topic. It is irrelevant here on Egyptology for the simple fact that what a relevant question would be to ask is what were the Ancient Egyptians' own concept of what 'black' means...
The Egyptian language is the oldest recorded language known to modern man. The Coptic Language is the name used to refer to the last stage of the written Egyptian language...thus, from the Coptic:
anon ne - we are
anok ang - I am
anok pe - I am
`n;oc te - She is
ou - indefinite article, singular 'a'
ni - the definite article for plural (both masculine and feminine)
Anon ne Ni Kmomou - We are The Blacks ("Egyptians")
Anok ang ouKeme - I am a black (from the Coptic bible; Song of Songs)
Anok ang ouRmnk - I am a person of Black ("Egyptian") (Rmnk from Rwmi n Keme)
quote:Originally posted by the lioness: William J. Anderson:
what does "black" mean? .....
You have posted a totally irrelevant "multiple choice" topic. It is irrelevant here on Egyptology for the simple fact that what a relevant question would be to ask is what were the Ancient Egyptians' own concept of what 'black' means...
The Egyptian language is the oldest recorded language known to modern man. The Coptic Language is the name used to refer to the last stage of the written Egyptian language...thus, from the Coptic:
anon ne - we are
anok ang - I am
anok pe - I am
`n;oc te - She is
ou - indefinite article, singular 'a'
ni - the definite article for plural (both masculine and feminine)
Anon ne Ni Kmomou - We are The Blacks ("Egyptians")
Anok ang ouKeme - I am a black (from the Coptic bible; Song of Songs)
Anok ang ouRmnk - I am a person of Black ("Egyptian") (Rmnk from Rwmi n Keme)
`n;oc te terosh - She is red (light skinned)
`n;oc te keme - She is black
`n;oc te Keme - She is Black (an "Egyptian")
...
It's not irrelevant for two reasons
1) you just gave usage examples like someone might say "she is tall" that type of example is not a definition example defining what "tall" means anymore than what "black" means. And this thread is not about defining Coptic words which you have done a million times before.
2) when people use the term "black" on this website they aren't using it the way the AEs used it. They are using contemporary definitions applied to viewing the AEs unless they start talking about Coptic. Do you not speak in English on this website? You just spoke in several words in English using contemporary meanings.
People just don't want to have to define what black means so they can have it mean anything. That's why discussions go around in circles. The above list is a reasonable list that includes options that most people using one of them mean when they use the term "black".
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quote:Originally posted by the lioness It's not irrelevant for two reasons
1) you just gave usage examples like someone might say "she is tall"
that type of example is not a definition example defining what "tall" means
anymore than what "black" means.
And this thread is not about defining Coptic words which you have done a million times before.
2) when people use the term "black" on this website they aren't using it the way the AEs used it. They are using contemporary definitions applied to viewing the AEs unless they start talking about Coptic.
Do you not speak in English on this website? You just spoke in several words in English using contemporary meanings.
People just don't want to have to define what black means so they can have it mean anything. That's why discussions go around in circles.
The above list is a reasonable list that includes options that most people using one of them mean when they use the term "black".
Your response to my objective presentation of the Ancient Egyptian usage of the meanings of the word "Black" has been the much anticipated response of a specious argument on your part...
Every human being on the planet, who is familiar with the English language, knows what the adjectives "tall" and "black" means. While the more erudite would also inform you that "black" in Spanish is "negro" and in French it is "noir" ; but what you're driving at, I suppose, is the connotation of the word; well, as I have pointed out over 'a million times':
In the Mdu Ntr, the 'way the Ancient Egyptians used it,' "black" connotes:
holy, pure, free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied, benevolent; without malicious intent...
>> you White folks merely flipped the script, still emulating "les noirs"...
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