[edge919]

Unfortunately this doesn't hold up as true. Vital statistics were collected and classified in conjunction with census methodology. There was no distinction between Negroes born in the United States and those born outside of the United States. IOW, there would have been no reason to classify someone as "other nonwhite" simply because they were not born in the United States. We know this because it has been done this way for years. Barack Sr., if he identified himself as African, would have been classified as Negro. That code number should have been a 2, not a 9.

link to Foreign Born population chart by sex and race

[chatter4]

“Unfortunately this doesn’t hold up as true....”

My responses were based on what was stated the Instruction Manual. A Foreign Born population chart has nothing to do with the subject at hand. Are you now claiming that Barack Obama Sr. was not born in Kenya? His race was listed as African on the document and those instructions said,”If the racial entry is “C,” “Col.,” “Black,” “Brown,” or “A.A.,” “Afro-American,” and the birthplace is the United States, consider the parents race as Negro. If birthplace of parent is not in the United States, code as other nonwhite.” Now you can argue to your hearts content, but, I didn’t write the manual, nor did I code the document. I’d say that coding the entry African as 9 other nonwhite was close enough for government work. It really would not matter that much in the end, one way or the other.