“I’d like to see any other BC from Hawaii that lists race as “African”.”
There have been other certificates posted on the internet, but all just like the one I linked to, and all Caucasian.
I expect for someone like Obamie, it would say “mixed” since the mother was white.
A black would, most likely, be listed as Negro.
Just my guess.
I’d like to see any other BC from Hawaii that lists race as “African”.
Hawaii’s explanation is that because the state has always been so multiracial, parents self-select their own racial designation and the state Health Department lists whatever racial designation the parent choses. It is true that sub-Saharan Africans don’t like to be called “black” or “Negro” or “colored” and prefer to be identified by their nation of origin or ethnic group. Since Kenya was just in the process of becoming an independent nation in 1961, perhaps that explains Barack Hussein Obama Senior’s choice of “African.”
A quote on the subject from the Hawaii Department of Health: “Kurt Tsue at the DOH said that father’s race and mother’s race are supplied by the parents, and that “we accept what the parents self identify themselves to be.”