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Abantu abansundu luhlobo. Okumnyama ukuhlukaniswa ngokwezinhlanga kwabantu, ngokuvamile isigaba esisekelwe kumbala wepolitiki nesikhumba kubantu abathile abanebala elinsundu eliphakathi nendawo elimnyama. Akubona bonke abantu ababhekwa "abamnyama" abanesikhumba esimnyama; emazweni athile, ngokuvamile ezinhlelweni ezisekelwe emphakathini zokuhlukaniswa kwezinhlanga emazweni aseNtshonalanga, igama elithi "abamnyama" lisetshenziselwa ukuchaza abantu abathathwa njengabansundu uma beqhathaniswa nabanye abantu. Isetshenziswa kakhulu kubantu bokhokho base-Afrika eseningizimu yeSahara kanye nabantu bomdabu base-Oceania, nakuba iye yasetshenziswa ezimweni eziningi kwamanye amaqembu, futhi ayiyona inkomba yanoma ibuphi ubuhlobo obuseduze bokhokho. Imiphakathi yomdabu yase-Afrika ayisebenzisi igama elithi umuntu omnyama njengophawu lobuhlanga ngaphandle kwemithelela elethwa amasiko aseNtshonalanga. Igama elithi "omnyama" lingase libe nofeleba noma lingabi nalo.[1][2] I-AP Stylebook yashintsha umhlahlandlela wayo ukuze isebenzise u-"b" ngokumnyama ngo-2020.[1][2] I-ASA Style Guide ithi igama elithi "b" akufanele libhalwe ngosonhlamvukazi.[3]
Imiphakathi eyahlukene isebenzisa imibandela ehlukene mayelana nokuthi ubani obizwa ngokuthi "omnyama", futhi lezi zakhiwo zomphakathi zishintshile ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Emazweni amaningana, okuguquguqukayo komphakathi kuthinta ukuhlukaniswa njengombala wesikhumba, futhi imibandela yezenhlalo yokuthi "ubumnyama" iyahlukahluka. E-United Kingdom, igama elithi "black" ngokomlando lalilingana nelithi "umuntu onombala", igama elivamile labantu abangewona ama-Europe. Kwezinye izifunda ezifana ne-Australasia, izifiki zasebenzisa igama elithi "abamnyama" noma lalisetshenziswa abantu bendawo abanemilando ehlukene nezizinda zokhokho.
Abanye babona "okumnyama" njengelebula elihlambalazayo, eliphelelwe yisikhathi, elinciphisayo noma elingameleli ngenye indlela, futhi ngenxa yalokho abalisebenzisi noma balichaza, ikakhulukazi emazweni ase-Afrika angenawo umlando omncane wokuhlukaniswa ngokobuhlanga kobukoloni.[4]