: But, considering that most other people, both blacks and whites, : in US are enjoying Thriller, the Lord of the Rings, Star Wars : and all the fantasies and FRPGs with such words of "dark lord", : "black magician" and "dark side of force", there is no such : culture in US to avoid saying black/dark with negative meaning. I am responding to the last line of this. It is factually incorrect. Others have asked you about this as well. I am a native-born American. "This is no such culture in the US to avoid saying black/dark with negative meaning" This is factually wrong. It is a generalization. There is a strong, and growing, culture within the US to avoid these terms in technical documentation. Will you please stop trying to make this point now? You are wrong.