This question is as old as the modern study of Egyptology, and sadly, many people, past and present, insist on injecting race into questions about Kemet. The theory of a "dynastic race" (i.e., non-Kemetic persons related to modern Europeans) as the creators of Kemetic society, championed by early European and American Egyptologists, has been laid to rest as unsubstantiated, although those who read older (pre 1970 CE) Egyptology books might not believe that to be true.

Current data from Predynastic history as well as the linguistic background of Kemet points to multiple origins of Kemetic society, including northern African, Levantine and Sub-Saharan strains. It appears, as research continues (though this is by no means a closed book), that ancient Egyptians resembled their modern descendants in many ways -- and if you have ever been to Egypt, you know that this means a number of skin colors and several ethnic backgrounds, with no one really "white" or "black" as understood in current American parlance.

As stated in the Kemetic Orthodoxy pages, it is imperative to remember the Kemetic people NEVER had a sense of racial distinguisment in the manner that the United States seems to have -- what made a person "Kemetic" was not his or her skin color, hair type or parentage, but whether or not he or she was a member of Kemetic society, born and bred within its religion and culture. This is perhaps the most important lesson we can learn from Kemet -- that Netjer is there for all of Its children, no matter what color they are. As such Kemetic Orthodoxy does not limit membership in the faith for reasons of ethnicity, nor does it tolerate racial prejudice in its members.

See also:
The Black and White of Ancient Egypt
Truth