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You just took away all doubts I had about the US...

Let me expand on what that poster said:

In the US, both black and white are US specific ethno-racial labels:

white=White American. An American of European ancestry.
black=African American. An American of African ancestry.

Deceased Cuban singer Celia Cruz is:
-A Hispanic/Latina. She would not fill out the box reserved for 'White, Non-Hispanic' or 'Black, Non-Hispanic'.
In the latest census, she would have been asked to fill out an extra 'racial' category.
A blond blue eyed Puerto Rican is a Hispanic. Hence the category 'Non-Hispanic White'. To illustrate it further: This same Puerto Rican, walking around say NY/NJ, would most commonly self-identify as a) Puerto Rican and then b) Latino/Hispanic. Not white. Same for a black Hispanic. Obviously they know what socially defined 'race' they are within the context of their country/culture. But in the US, black=African American and white=white American.