Some ppl are curious to learn about their race, so they look it up in history books to see what their race accomplished. Otherwise though, she should not make a big deal about race. We are technically an equal soceity. You aren't seeing the differences in restrooms anymore for the different races or such. I honestly think there should not be a difference in treating the races differently. It's not right.
EDIT: Oh, and in reply to the ppl having to learn English. I don't think they really have to. It may make things easier to speak English if you live in a part of town where everybody speaks English, but you're not forced to. Plenty of ppl speak both. And in other cities, there are neighborhoods where only ppl that speak Spanish live. You can speak whatever you want to.