My family had a few minutes to watch part of the beginning of Rocky IV. My wife and I were providing him a bit of background on the set-up of Apollo Creed and Ivan Drago. My son asked the question, "Which one is Apollo? The guy with the dark skin?" I replied, "yep" and we went on.
Moments later, I rethought my reply, and considered should I have said more of, "Yeah, he's the black guy." Or, something else? Or, does it even matter?
I am at the laptop checking stuff for work. This leads to my posting.
What do you think, Hubski?
It's a euphemism. So, I suggest to avoid using it in writing, or lettting it become a vocabulary mainstay. It's also a pretty poor euphemism, and comes off as a less sensitive and open than "black guy," to me. But, in this context, I don't see why you'd need to change your response. I don't know how old your son is, but if he's watching Rocky, he probably has some concept of race. If not, this is a whole different question. So, your reply was fine, but if you think it could become a problem, maybe talk to your son about sensitivity in word choice.