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How did "Black" become the term used by Westerners to describe the inhabitants of Sub-saharan Africa, their descendants and their skin color when the reality is that Africa both was and is an extremely diverse continent both in complexion and culture?

by /u/AclockworkWalrus in /r/AskHistorians

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