Colored was not in common use AFAIK other than in the formerly segregated areas.
I am too old to follow fashions, so piss on tehm if i use the polite terms I grew up with.
Well, I'm a 65 year old 'negro'. I was also raised to be polite to everyone, and to never discriminate on the basis of race.
Perhaps you'll do a fellow old codger a favor and refrain from calling me a negro.
'Black' will do just fine, thanks, although I prefer 'American'.