On attempting to avoid RaceFail.

[matt_doyle]

So, before too long in Hellion Prince, I'm going to be introducing and briefly discussing a minority ethnic group in the Allotment. In terms of physical appearance, they're East Asian - somewhere in the range of Korean, Japanese, and Chinese, which I am aware is a pretty broad spectrum. I want, if at all possible, to avoid exoticizing them when I give a physical description, and so I'm wondering how to describe skin tone. I've been told that 'golden' and 'honey-colored' are both loaded, exoticizing, and offensive, and obviously yellow is inaccurate and inadequate in addition to being offensive. Are their adjectives I can use that are acceptable or preferred?

Help me, F-list wan Kenobi.

Post about NCOD coming soon.

ETA:

For that matter, I also am struggling with a name for said ethnic group. They're a group of traveling people who tend to work as roving entertainers. As such, I'm not trying to come up with their name for themselves, but the name tacked onto them by the rest of the Allotment: Troveurs, Jongleurs, and Madrigals are all ones I've considered, but none of them has quiet worked for me yet.

Any ideas

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[matt_doyle]

Hadn't thought of the make-up thing - thanks!

Unfortunately 'tan' and 'olive' are already in use describing a different ethnicity in Hellion Prince, though I suppose I can clarify if necessary by noting that it's a different hue or shade of olive...