Reply to post: I have questions

I have questions

When did black become associated with badness? We wear black at funerals. Did that pre- or post-date the slave trade? When did the association between Satan and darkness come into being?

It seems possible that blackness of skin and darkness representing cold and fear is merely a coincidence, but perhaps I'm being naive as well as ignorant.

Enlighten me. Hang on, not that. Er, inform me?