This is my edited question which I had originally posted as 'How do I express someone as a black person'.

I might have sounded pedantic but something had triggered it. Now I am feeling that the way I had asked it, that itself was impolite and abusive.

I had chosen an answer immediately in a couple of hours of asking as I felt I got the answer and was not aware that it will get more answers and attract attention.

I express my due apologies to everyone.

I have flagged my question and voted to delete it. I kindly request it to be voted to get deleted.

I don't come from a multicultural background which I had experienced only for a short time. I should have been aware. Also, I got very confused replying the comments and further activity.

I am sorry and request this question to be voted to be deleted.

Till then I am changing the answer to the upvoted.

Sorry if this is an ancient solved problem to ask in 2019, but I googled about this and Quora 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.

Sorry if this is an ancient solved problem to ask in 2019, but I googled about this and Quora 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.

This is my edited question which I had originally posted as 'How do I express someone as a black person'.

I might have sounded pedantic but something had triggered it. Now I am feeling that the way I had asked it, that itself was impolite and abusive.

I had chosen an answer immediately in a couple of hours of asking as I felt I got the answer and was not aware that it will get more answers and attract attention.

I express my due apologies to everyone.

I have flagged my question and voted to delete it. I kindly request it to be voted to get deleted.

I don't come from a multicultural background which I had experienced only for a short time. I should have been aware. Also, I got very confused replying the comments and further activity.

I am sorry and request this question to be voted to be deleted.

Till then I am changing the answer to the upvoted.