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Nascent Drama

Some people associate black with evil and destruction as it naturally absorbs all light and even the Black Hole is described as 'nature's ultimate fury'.
 
This use of the word and its associations carries over from night and objects to people as well.
 
In traditional class-based Western cultures, pale skin indicated genteel domestic or intellectual indoor-work as opposed to rough outdoor labor in the fields.
 
Aspects of this black/white opposition are not unique to the West, as, for example in the Indian varna system and in Japanese geisha makeup.
 
African, Afro-Caribbean and African-American writers, such as Frantz Fanon, Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, and Ralph Ellison, identify a number of negative symbolisms surrounding the word "black", arguing that the good vs. bad dualism associated with white and black provide prejudiced connotations to color terminology for race.
 
Beliefs, religions and superstitions
 
Black is a symbol of mourning and bereavement in Western societies, especially at funerals and memorial services.
 
In some traditional societies, within for example Greece and Italy, widows wear black for the rest of their lives.
 
In contrast, across much of Africa and parts of Asia, white is a color of mourning and is worn during funerals.
 
In English heraldry, black means darkness, doubt, ignorance, and uncertainty. [2]
 
Black magic is a destructive or evil form of magic, often connected with death, as opposed to white magic.
 
This was already apparent during Ancient Egypt when the Cush Tribe invaded Egyptian plantations along the Nile River.
 
Evil witches are stereotypically dressed in black and good fairies in white.
 
Melodrama villains are dressed in black and heroines in white dresses.
 
In many Hollywood Westerns, bad cowboys wear black hats while the good ones wear white.
 
In computer security, a blackhat is an attacker with evil intentions, while a whitehat bears no such ill will. (This is derived from the Western movie convention.)
 
A "black day" (or week or month) usually refers to a sad or tragic time.
 
The Romans marked fasti days with white stones and nefasti days with black.
 
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