"Negro" in the historical context.

[BluPhire]

Originally Posted by ForeverRoses

I am always surprised to hear of places where race IS in the birth certificates. In Indiana, I know they haven't been on birth certficates from the 1970s onward (I'm not sure of before that, since I haven't seen a certificate from prior to 1971).

Then again, Indiana also did away with the "mother's maiden name" part sometime between 1973 and 2002- now it just reads father's full name, mother's full name.

I had to come in on this thread as well. Last I checked my race wasn't on my birth certificate either. Maybe I need to check it again.

Edit. Maybe because I have the short form. Never had a need to find the long form...if any.

[naraht]

Originally Posted by BluPhire

I had to come in on this thread as well. Last I checked my race wasn't on my birth certificate either. Maybe I need to check it again.

Edit. Maybe because I have the short form. Never had a need to find the long form...if any.

Yup. I learned that from the whole "Birther" wierdness. The short form of the Birth Certificate is what the Obama campaign put up on the website. The long form of the Birth Certificate is what the State of Hawaii considers to be private and inappropriate to release.

Note, when the Birthers got to the point where they were accusing the Republican Governor of Hawaii as being part of the Conspiracy, I started offering them tin-foil hats.