[throwawaysleep]

No, as race is a social construct. There is no agreed upon and objective definition of what black means or white means.

[beaconstudios]

That's exactly what the article says. It's a chronicle of the authors experience with the government demand that he, a man of mixed race, classify himself into rigid racial boxes, and how those boxes don't actually exist in reality.

[HPsquared]

The same could be said about literal colors, they exist along a continuum. Where does "very dark grey" become "black", or "very light grey" become white? If something is blue-green, is it blue or green? Etc etc