Not at all. It can never be trite to remember the real contributions blacks have made to this great country (for example, they were the ones who [mainly] built the original wall on what was to become Wall Street) and fight the culture of victimology that the media so loves.
Every true American of every stripe has helped build what we have today.
It is so sad that some of those of the same stripes want to tear her down today.
They were just doing the jobs that Native Americans wouldn't do.