[Regulator]

The first item is absolutely true.

The term “African-American” is the original PC term and was not in widespread use until the early or even mid-1970s.

“Negro” or “black” is all you heard up until the late 60s.

It only takes one big flaw like that to invalidate the document.

[TigersEye]

The only problem with that is that the BC the WH released doesn't give 0bama's race on it.

[TexasGator]

“It only takes one big flaw like that to invalidate the document.”

Only the BC does NOT list his race! It only takes one flaw like that to discredit the whole article.

[smalltownslick]

The birth certificate said African, not African American

[joshua c]

Are there other birth certificate for blacks that were born in Hawaii in 1961? How was there race listed?

[Vermont Lt]

Negroid was a “technical” term for the race. Just a Caucasian was the race term for white. I recall being taught that in grammar school, and I am the same age as dear leader.

[x]

'Cept it's not true. It doesn't give the baby's race, but lists the father's as "African."

Certainly that wasn't the official designation at the time. It wasn't what would have been reported in the official statistics, but there was some leeway in what a birth certificate might say.

Especially in Hawaii, where "Chinese," "Japanese," "Korean," "Filipino," "Puerto Rican," and "Portuguese" were all "racial" classifications used at one time or another.

The document could still be a fake, but giving the father's race as "African" doesn't prove that it's fake.