[Sioux-san]

Good catch- you are absolutely right. The form asks for ‘Race’ and ‘African’ is neither a race nor a nationality. Obama’s daddy is from the Continent of Africa, but the country of Kenya. It just gets crazier and crazier.

[Bigh4u2]

In 1961 ‘Race’ would have been ‘black’.

Just like the mothers ‘race’ is ‘caucasian’.

[teacherbarbie]

Sioux, when I first saw it I knew it was off. I was born in 1972 and my birth certificate has more information on it.
“Father-African” these are not terms we would use in 1961.This is the way Obama is describes himself today.
It looks as if someone recently gave them this information and they printed it. It is unclear whether this is the campaign's doing or the State of Hawaii.

[Poincare]

Good catch- you are absolutely right. The form asks for ‘Race’ and ‘African’ is neither a race nor a nationality. Obama’s daddy is from the Continent of Africa, but the country of Kenya. It just gets crazier and crazier.

Luo tribesmen generally give their race as "Arab" and deny they are Negro. How would the evidence that Obama's father was listed on Jr.'s birth certificate as "Arab" affect the electoral race? Would a close-up high def look at "AFRICAN" on the COLB show evidence of alteration from "ARAB"?