[fightinJAG]

Not if the father literally is an African, which BO Sr. was.

American blacks were called Negroes before they were called African-American, but Africans could have been called African.

[Zman516]

But an “African” is a person from the continent of Africa, not their race. “Afrikaners” are from the continent of Africa but they are white. “Negro” is Spanish for “black” and has been used traditionally for centuries as a racial description.

[TigersEye]

American blacks were called Negroes before they were called African-American, but Africans could have been called African.

That doesn't seem likely when the government has official standards for filling out and filing documents.

``The 1970 census racial categories included: Chinese, Filipino, Hawaiian, Indian American, Japanese, Negro or Black, other, White, Hispanic origin of any race, and White, not of Hispanic origin.``

``The 1980 census racial categories included Aleut, Asian Indian, Black or Negro, Chinese, Filipino, Eskimo, Guamanian, Hawaiian, Indian American, Japanese, Korean, other, Samoan, Vietnamese, White, Hispanic origin of any race, and White, not of Hispanic origin.`` http://www.understandingrace.org/history/gov/begin_end_affirm.html

[dusttoyou]

Yeah RIGHT