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.