It would be sad if folks consider themselves "just plain white people" as that is liberal nomenclature and says zilch about culture or ethnicity. People ought to be aware of their origins and proud of American culture or at least what American culture once stood for: a Christian federation that took Greek philosophy, English law and Roman government and forged a new nation well worth assimilating into.
Without a common culture, there is nothing (in)it for you or I to protect this country, or to maintain its values or system of government.
I completely agree. That said, I do not believe that forced integration is any better than forced segregation. It goes against the American tradition of liberty.
I didn't mean "plain white person" to be deragatory, I consider myself to be a "plain black person". I meant that you don't see white people calling themselves Irish-American, Italian-American, etc. In addition, many if not most whites in American today are of several European ancestries- saying you are Italian-German-Polish-Irish American is a mouthful. Their culture is American, not the culture of their ancestors who came here over a hundred years ago or more.