In the West Indies, we distinguish persons of African ancestry as “black”, everybody else may be East Indian, Chinese (i.e. descended from immigrants from India and China, respectively), or white. There are still a few diehards who will not use the word “white” but prefer “Caucasian”.
“A black woman name is White
And a white woman name is Black;
A red woman name is Green;
Is the funniest thing I seen.
A white head woman name Redhead
Make me laugh till I nearly dead,
And a brown skin woman name Gray,
Which have the whole world so confused today.”
I wish there was a database of calypsoes, as I cannot remember who sang the above ditty; it was popular when I was still in school.