This is crazy! I’ve seen my dad’s birth certificate from Louisiana, it says “colored”, same thing for my cousin born in 1989, she’s blonde, blue eyed and could pass if she wanted to. I was shocked to see it. I was born in London, UK, no race on my birth certificate.
Specialist_Chart506 t1_ivrqjje wrote
Reply to 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
This is crazy! I’ve seen my dad’s birth certificate from Louisiana, it says “colored”, same thing for my cousin born in 1989, she’s blonde, blue eyed and could pass if she wanted to. I was shocked to see it. I was born in London, UK, no race on my birth certificate.