She also said, "It is now time that American history be American history every day, that Americans be Americans all the time and that we stop learning and living and celebrating separately."
It's been long long overdue that American history be American history daily.
It's time we do away with "hyphenated" American tags, especially for and among those who've exploited that hyphenation to its utmost. And still do.
Even when said highest-profile exploiter really is fully bi-racial (though, white and black; or, if you read Riley's piece, black and white is how she ordered colors) and not really a true "African American" in the historical sense of the word.