Here is a term I like to use, but is considered unacceptable. Colored. In reference to a black person I suppose, yes. But what's offensive about it? You might say " That Denzel Washington seems like a nice fella." I don't see anything offensive about that. In fact the only thing I see wrong with it is based on the definition of the word itself. If you think about it, we're all colored, We're just colored differently.