Of course, they are Americans. I'm an American too. But I will be lost to history as will most of them, except mostly for the trouble makers. Pretending otherwise is part of the reason we are in the trouble we are in now. (In fact, non-trouble makers like Booker T. Washington, are already lost to history.)
ML/NJ
As I remarked in my bilge,It has been remarked that people dont rebel when they are repressed, but when they stop being oppressed. The trouble we have with Black Lives Matter might best be understood in that perspective.We didnt have Black Lives Matter (meaning, white lives dont matter) when the blacks were in their place as recently as the 1950s.