Should America be known for two official races, Native American and "White"?

Question

Native Americans are the rightful native race of North America (the US). But because of history and population and power in government, the default race of America the rest of the world and America itself knows is white. But, should it be white? When you think of an American, how do you picture them? 
Our holidays are white centered - white Santa, the Fourth of July independence from Britain, thanksgiving with white pilgrims, stuff like that. 
Our currency has white men on it, except for the new very recent Harriet Tubman bills. 
Our presidents have all been white for the past 200 something years except for Obama for the recent past 8 years.

All of these things and more kind of make America known for bieng white. Everything is white centered. The British colonized America and established power and thus made everything since then white centered.

What is the ideal state of America? (Equal diversity?)
How do you picture an American yourself? 
How should America be represented?

Answer

America is supposed to be the great melting pot. So it should be everyone not just white.

Answer

I think everyone! This country wasn't made by one race! We are a country made up of immagrants! It's what makes us beautiful!

Answer

Really? What a slap in the face to Native Americans that would be. So America would be know as the people who were here first and the people that is responsible for them being destroyed and wiped out? Their children were forced into Residential Schools when they were as young 6 or 7 years old so they had their children ripped from them by WHITE PEOPLE. Their kids were raped, brutally beaten( most cases they were beaten so bad that their faces were disfigured), they were used like lab rats and had all kind of horrible experiments ran on them, they were injected with different diseases so white people could study them and they weren't given a cure for the disease so they would die. The Native Americans were killed by white people and that's what you want to represent America? Ever read about the Trail of Tears? It's unfair treatment still going on right now for Native Americans. If anything the Natives should be given America back and let them decide who stays and who goes.

Answer

It's supposed to be a melting pot. You'd think everyone would be the happiest most open minded country because of how diverse we are, but no. 😂

Answer

There is no single, "rightful native race" of america

Answer

Mexicans of New Spain (which is now present day CA, AZ, NM, NV, Texas, etc.) were also here "first" before president Polk decided he wanted these northern lands of Mexico. After the war, in the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Polk allowed Mexicans to stay in these lands that many Mexicans lived in already if they wished to become American. Therefore Mexicans were also one of the first races to claim much of the southwest and some other parts of the US

Answer

"How do you picture an American?"

Well, my husband is Hispanic - specifically Mexican - and he was born in California and is an American citizen. I'm white (a mix of German, French and Norwegian) and I'm an American citizen. There are many African American people in the town I live in and they are also American citizens. There are many Asian, Indian and Native American people in the town I live in and they are also citizens...
So, when you ask that question all I can think is that citizenship is not determined by race or color of someone's skin. It's simply determined by what their birth certificate says, IMO. So you can't really say what an American "looks" like. They can't be pointed out by looking at them. 
I just wish all these race posts would stop, TBH. I love diversity and would never want to live somewhere where there's only white people... The racism that is still prevalent today really irks me. 
I live in a small town where you see AT LEAST 5 people per day with huge Confederate/Rebel Flags flying in the back/bed of their pickup trucks. People stop my husband and tell him to "go back to Mexico" even though he's never stepped foot there. They tell him he can't reach heaven and will burn in hell for being Mexican. They call the cops on him and say that he looks suspicious because of his color. And we're not even truly in the south. Racism is so alive and well and even though I hope it will end very soon, I don't think it's going to. I believe if we all still giving racism so much attention then maybe it will die down. 😥💔

Answer

I agree that native Americans were here first. But they make up a very small factor of America. If there were going to be two races to represent America wouldn't it be Hispanic and Caucasian? Just by the numbers? Caucasians make up 223.5 million of America and Hispanics make up 50.4 Million. African Americans make up 38.9 Million. Asian Americans make up 14.6 Million. And Native Americans only have 2.9 Million. 
But the real question is why are we choosing races to "represent" America? America is the Great Melting Pot. Let us be our mix of people and stop trying to make it about race. Why does it always have to be about race???

Answer

White people are European.

Should America be known for two official races, Native American and "White"?

Let's Glow!

The Top Baby Tracker App: Embrace New Beginnings with Tender Care

The Top Fertility Tracker App: Your Path to Achieving Pregnancy

The Top Pregnancy App: Nurturing Your Journey to Motherhood

The Top Period Tracker for Empowering Your Menstrual Health Journey