Or do what I would do in this case is generally withdraw from the conversation. I really don't want to needlessly offend folks by using terms out of favor, bu

Or do what I would do in this case is generally withdraw from the conversation. I really don't want to needlessly offend folks by using terms out of favor, but upon reading the Wikipedia article it's clear I don't have remotely sufficient understanding of the cultures to successfully address the same population with some substitute that I naively pull out of my ass.