Did any particular race predominate in this crowd? And by "partiers," I'm assuming the author does not mean fellas with noisemakers and party hats. Unless the noisemakers are .45-caliber and the party hats are baseball caps worn backward.
Not the use of the word TEENAGERS. The first part of the word is TEEN, a synonym in the Press for Negro, Black, Afro American, etc. And Crayola has announced the new Teen color crayon. It is a very dark gray.