We need to specifiy whether we are talking about what the coder entered (a single digit code) versus what was the actually written entry.
The Nordyke’s were/are educated people. Father, apparently a doctor and IIRC mom was also college educated. Would they put “Caucasian” down as their race? And would a coder reading that code it as “white”?
Obama Sr. was from Kenya would he put down the American term “Negro” or the Kenyan term “African”? Would a coder then put down the code for “Negro” or for “Other Nonwhite”?
The question is would Hawaii change the BC from what the parents put down to one of the 11 predefined categories?
If you say ‘yes, they would.’ then you have to explain why the NIHS said that sometimes “yellow” or other ill-defined terms were reported.
If you say ‘no, they would not.’ which is what the Hawaiian spokesman said, then the question is what does the code “9” mean?
At this point code “9” is still a mystery.