I understand how some people may be wondering why this is necessary. But that's not what this is about. They're recognizing immigrant groups and European Americans are an immigrant group to America. Tom, who is of Chinese descent, added that when children think of America, they automatically think of white people. They do not realize the country is made up of groups of immigrants, including European Americans, he said.
Kids think white is America.
We have to understand that we're all American. We're all newcomers to this country. Not one group owns it. Not everyone agrees with Tom's rationalization however. Calabro while agreeing that European Americans are a distinct ethnic group has a different view of what is American.