A Samoan man's proposal to kill Racism on paper

In a circle of discussion, the subject of racism in America came up, talking about over sensitivity, to humorous racism, to political, social, or religious campaigns that might use a racial angle, to profiting on racial hype by the media. A Samoan man said "theres a Clint Eastwood and Chris Rock way of being socially forward with it, which seems pretty accepted these days." He then said "I would like to see it all stay there, just playfully on the surface. I say on official paper it might be a benefit to just be American, change the Census Ethnic Category, maybe something like Native American, American-born, and then Foreign-born". He then said "I'm not saying it would kill racism on social levels, or even if new category would be accepted into basic generalized "American | Foreign" groupings, but I like the idea of changing tactics. Either your American, or your a Foreigner." The discussion went on very casually and later ended with hand shakes.