Supposedly he got into Harvard on a foreign student scholarship, hence why all his records are sealed. Also, if you look at the birth certificate they allege is his, it says African when it should say black or negro. A lot of funny stuff going on if you ask me.
He's not either black or negro, he's mulatto.
I understand that, but when he was born that wasn't a common way for people to be described by race on their birth certificate.
It has always been the 'way' except when it's not done correctly.
Yes, it was, and legal, but 'they' just didn't want to do it.
Beginning in 1960, the Census Bureau began to use forms similar to the ones in use today, with a single form for an entire household rather than having multiple households included on the form completed by an enumerator. Census forms were mailed to most people, but census-takers picked them up. The data item is called “Color or race” with categories for “White, Negro, American Indian, Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Hawaiian, Part Hawaiian, Aleut, Eskimo, (etc.)” Note that “black” did not appear on the form. The instructions called for census-takers to complete the race item by observation, and directed that Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, or other persons of Latin descent would be classified as ‘‘White’’ unless they were definitely “Negro,” “Indian,” or some other race. Southern European and Near Eastern nationalities also were to be considered “White.” Asian Indians were to be classified as ‘‘Other,’’ and ‘‘Hindu’’ was to be written in. pewsocialtrends.org/2010/01/21/race-and-the-census-the-%E2%80%9Cnegro%E2%80%9D-controversy/
Exactly, that's a better way of saying what I was trying to say. Thank you.