It's okay. Think of it more as a personal quirk. It doesn't drive me into some murderous rage, but that particular word is like someone scratching a black board with their fingernails. Yeah, you'll live through it, but it's not enjoyable.<br/><br/>The characters themselves are both in high school. depending on their outlook, they could both be seen as kids. I could just as easily roll with Black Guy, African American, or fine lookin' brotha. I would just ask that coloured not be used. A particularly nasty character could run the gambit of all kinds of off-color, not too nice things, and the above word would still set me more on edge than anything else. It's very much a personal issue. You'll probably find very few people who would react to it like I would.