[Chunga]

You've stated here and elsewhere that

Parents are allowed to put whatever they want in the "race" box.

Source. please.

[muawiyah]

1961 is your source. This form reflects information provided by the parents.

There were other standards for official United States government reports, but this is not an official United States government report ~ it's just a record of a birth of a tiny baby.

I always put NASCAR and INDY500 in boxes like that and NO ONE has come to punish me for it. No one goes to jail for Black instead of Negro instead of Colored instead of NGR instead of NIG instead of ........ African

Common sense and astute observation of what is going on around you can go a long way toward illuminating why others do what they do.