I've always connected the color of Orcs to the color of their blood--that whatever extraordinarily painful process Morgoth used to torture other beings into becoming Orcs left them with that taint in their blood, which is literally black--perhaps it's painful yet, even down all these generations.
Also, we can figure that the Haradrim and the Southrons have been deceived by the Enemy, much as the Dunlendings were. So that doesn't mean they are necessarily Evil, though as you say,they remain dangerous. And so long as they remain able to wage war they have to be dealt with as enemies.
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Also, we can figure that the Haradrim and the Southrons have been deceived by the Enemy, much as the Dunlendings were. So that doesn't mean they are necessarily Evil, though as you say,they remain dangerous. And so long as they remain able to wage war they have to be dealt with as enemies.