Melting Pot

America was once called the melting pot because they said that in America everyone's differences have become indistinguishable and by doing this a person loses where they were born and becomes an American.  They later changed this saying and called it a tossed salad because even though everything is mixed up we can still take out the individual parts.  I think we have succeeded at making the melting pot because when I look out I do not see English, Germany, Nigerian, Kenyan, or Chinese.  I just see people who are similar to all these people but never actually know what ethnicity they are from.  So instead of referring to these individuals by ethnicity I often categorize them in a way that will be easier for me to describe that person to another in the future.  "He was black, white, brown, etc."  This does not make me a racist or insensitive it is just that i feel this is the best way to describe this person to someone I know.  I dont believe that it is the best way to do things but i think it is the best way to describe a person.  PLease let me know if this is wrong or right? or just how you feel.

"When is it Classy to be Naked?"

When I was looking through my houses magazines I noticed a lot of magazines like Maxim, FHM, ESPN, GQ, and Total Film Guide. I noticed that out of these six magazines 4 had pictures of women with barely any clothes on. After looking through most of the magazines I realized that many of the women in these magazines were very proud of being portrayed in these magazines as sexual beings. Is this something that has strengthen women's cause? Because I have heard that magazines like Playboy are classy ways of getting nude in print. I do not see how this is true though, is there really a way a woman can show herself naked in a way that does not turn her in to a sexual object instead of a person? I have been wondering this for a while because I see this as just as objectifying as women that you see in peoples cell phones or email or anywhere... is the only difference the brand that comes with Playboy makes it socially acceptable to be in naked in this magazine?