Do I need to pick a race for my son?

So I never know what to put for my son's race when there's no "other" box. He His dad's nigerian, w/ a white mom and a black dad. I'm white. My son's got blond hair and tan like he's a surfer boy skin, and brown eyes. He looks white, but that's not the whole story, so I feel bad passing him as white, period. I dunno... I wouldn't be thinking about this so much except I just went to the park w/ my boy and a male friend of mine, who happens to be black- he's an islander. I mentioned plans to move to finland, where I'm from, and he was concerned. "Do they have black people in Finland?" Yes, they do, but it's true that until recently it was somewhat unusual to meet black people who are native to Finland. My friend is really worried about my son passing for white all of his life, and never having black male role models, since my kid's dad is out of the picture, and my son is growing up w/ only my white relatives for family, and my friends who are around all the time, who are not a particularly homogenous or heterogeneous group in any way. People are people, and while I want my son to respect all kinds of folks and feel comfortable around, and accepted by, all kinds of people, I just don't think that it's going to give him a complex to grow up in a country that happens to not be quite as diverse as the U.S. of A. I want my son to find role models in all kinds of people, but I don't nec. feel pressured to find a black guy to hang out w/ all the time? I just wanted to know what you guys thought about this: Does a boy who has a black daddy, but is growing up in a white family, need a black guy to depend on? Does it matter? I dunno, my BD had big issues b/c he grew up w/o his black dad, and grew up w/ white siblings and a white mom, but I dunno. He's mostly imbalanced anyway, so I don't know how much of that is his own drama. Also: do you think it makes a difference that my son looks white? I don't know, I don't know. Let me know what you think, I was not inclined to think that it's a big deal, and now my friend has me feeling like I'm not in tune w/ my son's needs b/c I'm blinded by white priviledge. Sorry this is long. If you've read this far, any thought aside from mine would be nice to hear.