And before 1964 a term like “yellow” or “African” would be forced into one of the specific categories like “nonwhite, Chinese, or Japanese”
And even now, whether you realize it or not, you're admitting that there was no "specific category" of "African" for anything to be forced into.
Here ya go...what "specific category" would Caucasian go in?
“you’re admitting that there was no “specific category” of “African” for anything to be forced into. “
There was the category “other nonwhite”, it is listed in the tape instructions (1961 and 1968) and in the Vital Statistic reprots for 1961 and 1968.
I point out the 1964 “yellow” reference to show that BCs can sometimes have weird or as they politely call them “ill-defined or not clearly identifiable races”. Ill defined entries are more likely the results of the parents self-reporting then the hospital staff screwing up.
Forcing “African” into a specific category means coding it using one of the predefined categories, not changing what the parents wrote down.