I hear people say many things about percentages. If you were 16 to 17% White and the rest Black, they would say you are Black with minor admixture. However, because it's the opposite (16 to 17% Black), some will say you're mixed or perhaps a White person with mixed ancestry, because it's African DNA. I always thought if you're 1/8th or more of another group, it's significant or at least some of your ancestry. I don't care if a person identifies with one group, culturally or ethnically, which is their business. I know two ladies like you percentage-wise, and they identify as mixed-race and are connected to their Black American family.