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One thing stood out as immediately inconsistent: Father's race was listed as "African." That's incorrect both as a designation of race, and the word's usage for the time period in question. Official documents issued in the early 1960s would present the more commonly used word "Negro" as a racial descriptor.

Hawaii wasn't as strict about these things as some other states. There are also different kinds of paperwork. If you looked at the records sent to the state health authorities, they might well have said "Negro." In paperwork for the parents and the hospital, whatever the mother said might be good enough.

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"Hawaii wasn't as strict about these things as some other states.

Not sure what you base that on. Can you provide some specific examples? As stated, the term "African" in this context is a 21st century PC label. I understand that whatever the mother said might have been good enough, but it is highly unlikely a mother in the early 1960s would have used the term. I spent many years on the African continent, and discovered that the general term "African" is the equivalent of referring to New Yorkers as simply "North Americans." In the early 1960s, a man from newly independent Kenya might proudly proclaim himself as Kikuyu, or Wakamba, or Samburu, but not "African." Call an Ethiopian an "African" and you'll receive a stern rebuke. Ethiopians do not perceive themselves as "Africans."