DeLaGrandTerre OP t1_ivrqp7c wrote on November 10, 2022 at 2:59 AM Reply to comment by Specialist_Chart506 in Former Head of Bureau of Vital Statistics in New Orleans, Naomi Drake, changed the race on thousands of birth certs from "white" to black" from 1949-1965 in her quest to "catch" anyone with Black heritage by DeLaGrandTerre LOL America is so messed up with it sometimes. My mom would be called "colored" if she had been born in Louisiana but my family left for NY so my mom is "White". ​ .....what?? Permalink Parent 2
DeLaGrandTerre OP t1_iuw89bs wrote on November 3, 2022 at 2:00 PM Reply to comment by Juicepig21 in Former Head of Bureau of Vital Statistics in New Orleans, Naomi Drake, changed the race on thousands of birth certs from "white" to black" from 1949-1965 in her quest to "catch" anyone with Black heritage by DeLaGrandTerre That's how I felt. I had never heard of this story before. Permalink Parent 2
Former Head of Bureau of Vital Statistics in New Orleans, Naomi Drake, changed the race on thousands of birth certs from "white" to black" from 1949-1965 in her quest to "catch" anyone with Black heritage Submitted by DeLaGrandTerre t3_ykjcio on November 2, 2022 at 10:11 PM in history 6 comments 42
DeLaGrandTerre OP t1_ivrqp7c wrote
Reply to comment by Specialist_Chart506 in Former Head of Bureau of Vital Statistics in New Orleans, Naomi Drake, changed the race on thousands of birth certs from "white" to black" from 1949-1965 in her quest to "catch" anyone with Black heritage by DeLaGrandTerre
LOL America is so messed up with it sometimes. My mom would be called "colored" if she had been born in Louisiana but my family left for NY so my mom is "White".
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.....what??