Is it normal to feel irritated when malaysians are considered as all black?

I never even knew this was a thing.

Most Europeans don't think Malays are black, speaking on behalf of most europeans.

Anyway, black is a rough description. We tend to use it to refer to those who appear Afro-Caribbean i.e. of African or Caribbean (indirectly African) ancestry who conform to certain physical characteristics. But anybody could be described as black if they look enough like the black stereotype (what was previously referred to as negroid by some anthropologists).

So sometimes people who aren't of recent Afro-Caribbean ancestry look like they are, and end up being called black. Aboriginal Australians for example, and Negrito groups, like the Semang (as sega31098 mentioned), may be described as black. It usually means nothing, it's just a broad description, as broad as white.

Many Europeans assume all Malaysians are of asian appearance (what was previously called mongoloid by some anthropologists). They assume they look like the lighter-skinned Chinese. Many are unaware of the darker skinned Negrito populations. So I'd say the assumption is, for the most part, the reverse of what you think Europeans think.

Out of curiosity, why does it make you "upset and anguished a bit"?

And just what's wrong with having dark skin? If anything it's not Europeans who call Malaysians/Desi people black, but they themselves. Having been married to a desi man with some relatives who live in Malaysia I must say I found it sickening how much they liked my "fair" skin (I'm mixed) and how the women went on and on about the vicco tumeric and all this skin whitening products. Black skin means hard work and that should be perceived as a GOOD THING! For me black skin is beautiful and it's racist and bigotry to associate skin color with class!

As a European ex-patriot, I've never heard of this nonsense . Malaysians are mini people though.

Coz some damn fool accused you of being the best.

Obviously these Europeans never met a real nigga before.

personally I'm as honkey as they come but my best buddy is black and I live in a predominately black neighborhood.

I've met a few Malaysians. short little brown Asians with a real good taste in food. black people whoop my ass for looking at them the wrong way. I bet a Malaysian would have trouble even looking in my general direction because I'm so ginormous.

so hell no you guys are not niggas until you can kick my ass.

First i've heard of it but then again i am not malaysian so i wouldn't know foggiest?

I won't say much I think it's better that way but I think its normal

I knew that a lot of Malaysians had darker skin but I had no idea that some people consider them to be African. The archipelago is in the Southeast of Asia and also in the area for Oceania. So, if anything, they should be considered Asian/Oceanian.

Aren't they aysian

The Malays and Chinese Malaysians are not Black. Only the Semang are.