Agreed. As all educated adults already know, there's no such thing as "race", only cultures.I see history clearly. "Race" is in quotes in my post for a reason.
An example is Barack Obama; his lineage is of primarily European descent but he considers himself "black". As the nation becomes more blended, such terms will become more quaint than divisive.
Americans, IMO, spend about the first 30 years of their lives garnering a sense of identity. Having a history of where they came from is part of that. Mine is pretty blended but primarily European albeit nations that were traditional enemies for centuries. I had multiple ancestors who fought on both sides of the Civil War but were mostly dirt farmers. In the 20th century, many served in the military although, due to generational age differences, I don't know of any that served in WWII (too old or too young); just WWI, Korea and Vietnam.
Native Americans and those descended from slaves had their identity stripped from them. No one should begrudge them rebuilding the history of their ancestors.
