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Q&A How do I have to refer to a person of a specific racial group?

My novel is developed in an East Asian environment (specifically Japan) and my main character is not Asian, she is from Central América and is Mixed Race. Now, my main character is going to refer t...

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Marian-Danny‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T07:54:49Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/33177
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Marian-Danny‭ · 2019-12-08T07:54:49Z (almost 5 years ago)
My novel is developed in an East Asian environment (specifically Japan) and my main character is not Asian, she is from Central América and is Mixed Race. Now, my main character is going to refer to a new Caucasian character who is a girl from Germany and I don't know what to use to refer to her. Should I use something like **"Caucasian Girl"** or **"White Girl"** or **"European girl"**?

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**Extra notes:**

_My main character doesn't know where the other character is from, the only most noticeable thing about the other character is that she is Caucasian._

_My Main Character is fluent in English like the new Character_

_The new Character is introduced in the Main Character thoughts_

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-02-12T04:29:54Z (almost 7 years ago)
Original score: 16