OK, my point was simply that someone who's described has being susceptible to sunburn, having skin like ivory, eyes like pools and long flowing hair is probably not "black". Yes, I'm aware that there are black people with straight hair, blond hair, green eyes, blue eyes, and white skin.
My mistake was assuming that when sableindian mentioned blacks, specifically Ethiopians and the Lemba (from Zimbabwe) that she was talking about people with - for want of a better word - negroid features. She mentioned dark skin and "bushy, locked or clustered" hair. If what she actually meant when she said that the Shulamite maiden was black was that Semitic people should be included in the definition of "black", that's arguable, although there are obviously huge problems with racial classification in the first place, and I don't see what such a redefinition would acheive.
I thought the point of sableindian's post was to make the claim that Biblical Jews were dark skinned with negroid features. Was I wrong?
LOL @ Derek's word "treatment" as thought black hair has some type of illness. LOL
Lisa, my use of the word treatment was not intended in a pejorative way. Just as treatment is needed to change the colour of hair, it's also needed to make curly hair straight or vice versa. There's probably a better word, although I can't think of one right now. As usual, no offense intended.