I have a friend whose parents are about 1/4 black, from South Africa. They look like light skinned blacks.
His siblings mainly look like light skinned blacks.
One looks African black with blue eyes
He has tannish skin but blue eyes and board straight light brown hair.
He always stuggled checking the box.
Didn’t particularly matter, as he is a good engineer and we barely make eye contact with people. But it frequently came up.
Does he look at your shoes when talking to you?
If so, he's the extrovert!
;)
Rarely, and only with other engineers...