[iontheball]

“So it could be that PC do-gooders in Hawaii changed all the “Negroes” to “African Americans” and since that might have been too many letters for their database field it could have been truncated to “African.”

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Yes, it is possible that the document preparer changed the terms but then the certification is is a fraud. It is supposed to be “a certified true copy,” not some made up revision.

[cynwoody]

Yes, it is possible that the document preparer changed the terms but then the certification is is a fraud. It is supposed to be “a certified true copy,” not some made up revision.

If the original says Negro, the CoLB would still be true. The original would have had to have listed him as white or asian or something for it to be false.