[Serene28062]

Is it possible to refer to this person by name? If speaking of someone you know, I would consider it proper etiquette to call that person by name. In what context would you be speaking of a person that would call for using a racial description? I can say that using ‘colored’ would date you, as this term has not been used in 50 years. Some people of African extraction prefer the term African American, but bear in mind that not all African Americans are ‘black’ or brown-skinned. Then there are people of African extraction, who are brown-hued and prefer to be called black. And there are black people whose heritage is not African. Then there are brown-skinned people who just want to be called American. It gets kind of complicated, so probably the simplest and most proper way would be to use a given name, unless, of course, you know this person well enough to ask what they prefer to be called.

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Name : Serene28062, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 43, City : Chandler, State : AZ, Country : United States, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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