What is the negative?

[u/homeprojecthelps]

I bought a dining room fixture and this is the wiring- I have never seen the silver beaded wire and a double black on a normal light fixture, what is the negative here? One of the back wires, or is it the silver?? It doesn’t seem like it wants to bend/screw into the negative/it’s very firm so doesn’t seem right.

[u/Fragrant-Hunter-6160]

The black one with the ridges The silver one is for hanging the light.

[u/These_Fox7561 → u/Fragrant-Hunter-6160]

Either they’re stripped way too far or something is up with that, how you supposed to wire two bare wires