Help Wanted: Race Jargon For Kid/YA Books

Is my protagonist a ...

Person of color?


Asian-American?


Asian (no hyphen) American?


Brown?


South Asian American?


Bengali-American?


Desi?


Non-white?


A minority?


Multicultural?
WHAT THE HECK IS SHE?



(WHAT THE HECK AM I? Who cares? Most of North America.)



Please help: How do you define yourself by race in America today and why?

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