Thread:DatAsymptote/@comment-24435798-20140217083211/@comment-10860529-20140217094432

Escuse me for seeming just a pinch blunt, and for commenting when you're asking someone else, but I don't exactly get  get why one can't use descriptors such as "black", "african", "asian", "Indian" "insert-national​ity-or-ethnic group-here", "person of color (POC?)" or "bi-racial/mixed" race as opposed to the term you used. The options I mentioned are plenty more descriptive, and for someone who is somewhat young, you seem not to realize that "colored" used to be a term used as a polite term for POC or non-whites during, say I don't know, in the 1960s and previous decades, and  that these days it's a little bit rude to use such a term.

Alright, now that I have that cleared up: As long as you don't dump the n-word all over your page (let alone any other racial slur), having a character who is a person of color alone is not AT ALL racist, unless they're written as a stereotype rather than just a character. Really, the key to writing anyone outside of your race/religion/sexuality/ext. is just to write them as a person just as you have other characters. If you're worried that something you're writing is racist, just set your sights on that neat little toolbar that happens to be a part of your internet browser and type in "is (insert word/characteristic/person/noun here) racist/politically incorrect/insensitive?".

Google is your friend, folks. Anyway, hope that helps. :3