If the N-word is taboo, is “Negroid” also taboo? What is the current politically correct term for people of this phenotype? - Lemmy.World

I’m an Eastern European trying to understand Western political correctness norms (I’m not native to these debates and want to avoid accidentally offending anyone).If the N-word is universally considered highly offensive and taboo in polite speech, does the same apply to the older scientific term “Negroid”? And if yes — what is the currently accepted, respectful way to refer in everyday speech to people who share this particular physical phenotype (dark skin, tightly curled hair, certain facial features etc.)? A few clarifications why I’m asking: 1. “African-American” only works for people actually living in North America. 2. Simply “African” or “Afro-” feels too broad: Egyptians, for example, are geographically African but culturally and historically Arab (or at least not Sub-Saharan). 3. In South Africa there are also the Khoisan (Bushmen) peoples who have a completely different phenotype from the Bantu-descended populations. I genuinely want to learn the current Western consensus. What terms do you personally use in polite conversation, in media, in academia? Are there regional differences (US vs UK vs France vs Germany etc.)?