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A few points, in no particular order: "A black man" paints a very different picture from "an elderly black gentleman" or "a tall, black-skinned young man". In the first case, the skin colour is t...
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2019-12-12T21:57:36Z (about 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T11:16:18Z (about 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
A few points, in no particular order: - "A black man" paints a very different picture from "an elderly black gentleman" or "a tall, black-skinned young man". In the first case, the skin colour is the _only_ thing the narrator sees about the man. That's a bit disconcerting if you look at it like that. In the other examples, skin colour is one of many characteristics, it could have just as easily been "red-haired". - You definitely don't want to use 'African' for a person who might have lived in the UK for three generations. Your character doesn't know the person is a foreigner - it's not like the story is set in Russia. - As an alternative to 'black', you can use 'dark-skinned'.
#1: Imported from external source
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2019-03-11T14:04:18Z (almost 6 years ago)
Original score: 34