maineman
Banned
Check out this link. It's the census instructions for 1960. Look at P5: P5) Is this person - White, Negro, American Indian, Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Hawaiian, Part Hawaiian, Aleut, Eskimo, (etc.)?
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There was a lot of leeway for defining race. "Negro" was one definition but look at some of the others... Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, etc. They aren't races, they're nationalities. And note the "(etc.)" The person filling out the form could define himself anyway he wanted. Since Obama Sr. was a native of Africa it's not surprising he'd call himself "African."
https://usa.ipums.org/usa/voliii/items1960.shtml
THAT is the cogent point!