In public I generally stick with "African American" just to avoid upsetting anyone. I suppose that wouldn't work so well over in Australia tho. I'd just go with black in that case. I'm white, you're white. That's not racist. Why is saying someone's black racist? I don't know, but some people think it is. [spoiler]Oddly enough, the only people that have every gotten upset with me for saying someone's "black" are white people that have heard me.[/spoiler]