PEOPLE, please.
Keep in mind - first of all - that it was 1961.
Second, that there were strict vital stats codes put forth by the government, that the parents could self-identify from.
From the approved codes.
Have any of you ever seen a 1961 birth certificate with a parents race listed as a frickin continent ??? No, you have not.
Check out some info on this very topic:
http://myveryownpointofview.wordpress.com/hawaiis-fathers-race-codes
You can always count on the Left never to fact check anything. They pretty much make everything up as they go along.
The tight standards (Bwahahahahaha ~ non-hispanic white, e.g.) didn't come along until 1980 and after.