No I understood the use of the noun in itself was a tool to nullify a hightend sensitivity towards the word nigger and black related topics... But to say something is "Black as the night" means that it is in-fact a dark color. Without adding "black" it would have made sense because by using "night" you'd get most readers to think of the night sky, but in the next line you could see you actually meant the night star... Which is illuminecint and bright. See what I mean?

(P.S., Keep up this activity... If you do, and you'd like, I'd be happy to mod you)