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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/43305
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

_Sorry if this is an ancient solved problem to ask in 2019, but I googled about this and [Quora](https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-most-appropriate-way-to-describe-a-fictional-black-character-in-literature-other-than-being-black) isn't really answering me. I searched for the words **black** and **race** and **politically** as key-words on this website but still not a satisfactory answer._

The **setting is 2013 in the UK** , and my character is approaching three people two of them are sitting on a bench in a garden and one guy who is an elderly black man is standing.

As my character is approaching them, my novel reads;

> I walked towards the trio who looked like they were having a conversation. They all seemed welcoming. A teenage looking girl and elderly women were sitting on the log and an **elderly black man** was standing in front of them.

I don't want to say it as **black man** and I am not sure of using the word **African** (_will that clearly indicate without being broad_). I want to express this just to mention the diversity in that environment although later on in my novel I have clearly expressed him in detail.

Original score: 15