I really enjoyed Sam’s lecture on Thursday and I found it very interesting when the girl chose people she believed to be “down with the brown”. It got me thinking and I don’t believe you can really tell who is “down with the brown” based solely on appearance. Of course, that was the only way to do it in class but sometimes you could never tell a dude was into black girls unless you talked to him. The majority of the men the girl picked out looked “ghetto”. The one had a chain around his neck and his just general appearance leaned towards what a black person would wear. I found it surprising the girl chose the one guy who looked very “artsy.” He wore a hat and glasses and had that kind of unique look. However, she was dead right that he was “down with the brown” for he said he has shared saliva with a black girl and would definitely do it again. I am sure there were many men in class that are “down with the brown” but no one would know by looking at them. You never really know. Maybe some of the “hicks” in class like black women. We can only find out by asking them. I was thinking more about this topic and I am curious what a typical white girl who is “down with the brown” would look like. Would she kind of have that “ghetto” look to her? I would love to see a black male walk around the room and pick out white girls who are attracted to black men.
I also found it interesting that one of the guys the girl picked out said that he grew up with lots of black people and he has a lot of black friends. I started to think about myself and my relationships with people of color. I have a couple (two) black friends and one of them is a very good friend of mine. However, if I were to go to a party with all black people I would probably feel out of place. I think that might change after this summer though. I am working a new job and a lot of the people there are black. I think that being around them more often and more than just one of them will make me more comfortable around black people. I am not saying by any means that I am uncomfortable around black people now, but if I were to be the only white girl at a party I would feel out of place. I have a feeling that is going to change.
I also want to comment on the fact that I think it is different for a black person to go to a party of all whites. This weekend is a perfect example. My roommates and I had a party and my black friend came and I knew he wasn’t uncomfortable at all. I don’t know why it is so different for white people but I hope that can change because it is not right.

I’m not sure if I understood the question or not, but what I am going to talk about is how women see men and what they find attractive. I think that heterosexual men find women to be attractive if they are feminine and heterosexual women find men to be attractive if they are masculine. That may sound obvious, but almost everything we do to make ourselves seem more attractive to the opposite sex either makes men more masculine or women more feminine. I watched the documentary, The Science of Sex Appeal and they really went into this topic of masculinity/feminity. Women like men with big muscles, facial hair, who are tall, have a deep voice, know how to fix cars, who are strong and brave, etc. These are all masculine factors. Let me clarify that most women have these preferences but not all. Who would marry the short, high pitched, skinny man if that were the case? Everyone has their own preferences but the majority of women like masculine men. And also, maybe the short, skinny man does not have physical characteristics that make him masculine but he has hidden ones that do. For example, some women may think that skateboarding is really sexy and masculine while others may disagree. Who we are attracted to is a very personal thing and literally everyone has different preferences. But overall, a sexy man is a masculine man.
When it comes to sex, every woman likes something different, but in general, women like “a man” in bed. This means he is strong and confident and knows what he is doing. But also, in a perfect world, the man would know exactly how to please the woman. That is something I think some men lack; they don’t know that the female body is so different from the man’s and they think if they get pleasure, the woman does too. After “The Needy Penis” lecture, we know that is not true. Females do not need to have intercourse to have an orgasm and I believe not enough men know that. I may be wrong, and maybe as we grow up, more men will know. However, some men are very self-centered and their only goal is to have pleasure themselves. I think this goes along with the idea of the sex being in a hook-up or sex in a relationship. Men in a relationship are more likely to care about the woman having an orgasm more than men in a random one night stand. The men in a relationship care about their partner, where that is not always the case in a one night stand. I have a question for women that I will probably never know the answer to. Why do women still have random one night stand hook-ups when they are not a satisfying as having sex with your partner in a relationship?

Empathize. If I were to send a message of change to the American people, it would be to empathize more often. I really enjoyed Sam’s lecture on empathy and it got me thinking. Empathy is defined as identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives, according to the free dictionary online, but Sam made it clear that it is more than that. It is stepping into someone else’s shoes and seeing life their way. If more American’s (and people all over the world) were to empathize more, the world would be a much better place. If we could all live each day taking time to step into other people’s shoes, the world would be much more peaceful. This is a very broad theme but I believe it is an important message that everyone should hear every day.
At first I thought the best way to portray this message of change would be to use something such as a billboard. Millions of people see billboards every day. If a message about empathy were to be placed on a billboard all over America, it could cause some people to think, and hopefully, they would change their ways. However, a billboard is advertisement and some people do not listen to or pay attention to advertisement. And then I thought more about it, and I think music would be the best venue to portray this message. I’m sure there are some songs about empathy already produced but what America needs is a new, popular song that would appeal to the majority of the population. Music nowadays has lyrics such as “I knew you were trouble when you walked in” or “It's like you're my mirror. My mirror staring back at me.” These are stupid, pointless songs, in my opinion. We need an artist to step up and create a catchy song with meaningful lyrics, not just some crap about breakups.
It might be a hard task, to create a song about empathy that appeals to a wide population, but I believe it can be done. Some people really like the popular, mainstream songs that don’t really have any lessons or purpose. An artist or band needs to step up and create a song that is similar to current poular songs but has strong lyrics to make the world a better place.
If America takes the lead and pleads to be more empathetic, maybe we can show the world how beneficial it is and the world will change for the better. I know that one song will not be enough to get the message across but it is a good start. Next time you are offended, get mad, are hurt, etc by someone else, first step into their shoes and you may be grateful you did.

Empathize. If I were to send a message of change to the American people, it would be to empathize more often. I really enjoyed Sam’s lecture on empathy and it got me thinking. Empathy is defined as identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives, according to the free dictionary online, but Sam made it clear that it is more than that. It is stepping into someone else’s shoes and seeing life their way. If more American’s (and people all over the world) were to empathize more, the world would be a much better place. If we could all live each day taking time to step into other people’s shoes, the world would be much more peaceful. This is a very broad theme but I believe it is an important message that everyone should hear every day.
At first I thought the best way to portray this message of change would be to use something such as a billboard. Millions of people see billboards every day. If a message about empathy were to be placed on a billboard all over America, it could cause some people to think, and hopefully, they would change their ways. However, a billboard is advertisement and some people do not listen to or pay attention to advertisement. And then I thought more about it, and I think music would be the best venue to portray this message. I’m sure there are some songs about empathy already produced but what America needs is a new, popular song that would appeal to the majority of the population. Music nowadays has lyrics such as “I knew you were trouble when you walked in” or “It's like you're my mirror. My mirror staring back at me.” These are stupid, pointless songs, in my opinion. We need an artist to step up and create a catchy song with meaningful lyrics, not just some crap about breakups.
It might be a hard task, to create a song about empathy that appeals to a wide population, but I believe it can be done. Some people really like the popular, mainstream songs that don’t really have any lessons or purpose. An artist or band needs to step up and create a song that is similar to current popular songs but has strong lyrics to make the world a better place.
If America takes the lead and pleads to be more empathetic, maybe we can show the world how beneficial it is and the world will change for the better. I know that one song will not be enough to get the message across but it is a good start. Next time you are offended, get mad, are hurt, etc by someone else, first step into their shoes and you may be grateful you did.

Empathize. If I were to send a message of change to the American people, it would be to empathize more often. I really enjoyed Sam’s lecture on empathy and it got me thinking. Empathy is defined as identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives, according to the free dictionary online, but Sam made it clear that it is more than that. It is stepping into someone else’s shoes and seeing life their way. If more American’s (and people all over the world) were to empathize more, the world would be a much better place. If we could all live each day taking time to step into other people’s shoes, the world would be much more peaceful. This is a very broad theme but I believe it is an important message that everyone should hear every day.
At first I thought the best way to portray this message of change would be to use something such as a billboard. Millions of people see billboards every day. If a message about empathy were to be placed on a billboard all over America, it could cause some people to think, and hopefully, they would change their ways. However, a billboard is advertisement and some people do not listen to or pay attention to advertisement. And then I thought more about it, and I think music would be the best venue to portray this message. I’m sure there are some songs about empathy already produced but what America needs is a new, popular song that would appeal to the majority of the population. Music nowadays has lyrics such as “I knew you were trouble when you walked in” or “It's like you're my mirror. My mirror staring back at me.” These are stupid, pointless songs, in my opinion. We need an artist to step up and create a catchy song with meaningful lyrics, not just some crap about breakups.
It might be a hard task, to create a song about empathy that appeals to a wide population, but I believe it can be done. Some people really like the popular, mainstream songs that don’t really have any lessons or purpose. An artist or band needs to step up and create a song that is similar to current popular songs but has strong lyrics to make the world a better place.
If America takes the lead and pleads to be more empathetic, maybe we can show the world how beneficial it is and the world will change for the better. I know that one song will not be enough to get the message across but it is a good start. Next time you are offended, get mad, are hurt, etc by someone else, first step into their shoes and you may be grateful you did.

Empathize. If I were to send a message of change to the American people, it would be to empathize more often. I really enjoyed Sam’s lecture on empathy and it got me thinking. Empathy is defined as identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives, according to the free dictionary online, but Sam made it clear that it is more than that. It is stepping into someone else’s shoes and seeing life their way. If more American’s (and people all over the world) were to empathize more, the world would be a much better place. If we could all live each day taking time to step into other people’s shoes, the world would be much more peaceful. This is a very broad theme but I believe it is an important message that everyone should hear every day.
At first I thought the best way to portray this message of change would be to use something such as a billboard. Millions of people see billboards every day. If a message about empathy were to be placed on a billboard all over America, it could cause some people to think, and hopefully, they would change their ways. However, a billboard is advertisement and some people do not listen to or pay attention to advertisement. And then I thought more about it, and I think music would be the best venue to portray this message. I’m sure there are some songs about empathy already produced but what America needs is a new, popular song that would appeal to the majority of the population. Music nowadays has lyrics such as “I knew you were trouble when you walked in” or “It's like you're my mirror. My mirror staring back at me.” These are stupid, pointless songs, in my opinion. We need an artist to step up and create a catchy song with meaningful lyrics, not just some crap about breakups.
It might be a hard task, to create a song about empathy that appeals to a wide population, but I believe it can be done. Some people really like the popular, mainstream songs that don’t really have any lessons or purpose. An artist or band needs to step up and create a song that is similar to current poular songs but has strong lyrics to make the world a better place.
If America takes the lead and pleads to be more empathetic, maybe we can show the world how beneficial it is and the world will change for the better. I know that one song will not be enough to get the message across but it is a good start. Next time you are offended, get mad, are hurt, etc by someone else, first step into their shoes and you may be grateful you did.

Empathize. If I were to send a message of change to the American people, it would be to empathize more often. I really enjoyed Sam’s lecture on empathy and it got me thinking. Empathy is defined as identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives, according to the free dictionary online, but Sam made it clear that it is more than that. It is stepping into someone else’s shoes and seeing life their way. If more American’s (and people all over the world) were to empathize more, the world would be a much better place. If we could all live each day taking time to step into other people’s shoes, the world would be much more peaceful. This is a very broad theme but I believe it is an important message that everyone should hear every day.
At first I thought the best way to portray this message of change would be to use something such as a billboard. Millions of people see billboards every day. If a message about empathy were to be placed on a billboard all over America, it could cause some people to think, and hopefully, they would change their ways. However, a billboard is advertisement and some people do not listen to or pay attention to advertisement. And then I thought more about it, and I think music would be the best venue to portray this message. I’m sure there are some songs about empathy already produced but what America needs is a new, popular song that would appeal to the majority of the population. Music nowadays has lyrics such as “I knew you were trouble when you walked in” or “It's like you're my mirror. My mirror staring back at me.” These are stupid, pointless songs, in my opinion. We need an artist to step up and create a catchy song with meaningful lyrics, not just some crap about breakups.
It might be a hard task, to create a song about empathy that appeals to a wide population, but I believe it can be done. Some people really like the popular, mainstream songs that don’t really have any lessons or purpose. An artist or band needs to step up and create a song that is similar to current poular songs but has strong lyrics to make the world a better place.
If America takes the lead and pleads to be more empathetic, maybe we can show the world how beneficial it is and the world will change for the better. I know that one song will not be enough to get the message across but it is a good start. Next time you are offended, get mad, are hurt, etc by someone else, first step into their shoes and you may be grateful you did.

Empathize. If I were to send a message of change to the American people, it would be to empathize more often. I really enjoyed Sam’s lecture on empathy and it got me thinking. Empathy is defined as identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives, according to the free dictionary online, but Sam made it clear that it is more than that. It is stepping into someone else’s shoes and seeing life their way. If more American’s (and people all over the world) were to empathize more, the world would be a much better place. If we could all live each day taking time to step into other people’s shoes, the world would be much more peaceful. This is a very broad theme but I believe it is an important message that everyone should hear every day.
At first I thought the best way to portray this message of change would be to use something such as a billboard. Millions of people see billboards every day. If a message about empathy were to be placed on a billboard all over America, it could cause some people to think, and hopefully, they would change their ways. However, a billboard is advertisement and some people do not listen to or pay attention to advertisement. And then I thought more about it, and I think music would be the best venue to portray this message. I’m sure there are some songs about empathy already produced but what America needs is a new, popular song that would appeal to the majority of the population. Music nowadays has lyrics such as “I knew you were trouble when you walked in” or “It's like you're my mirror. My mirror staring back at me.” These are stupid, pointless songs, in my opinion. We need an artist to step up and create a catchy song with meaningful lyrics, not just some crap about breakups.
It might be a hard task, to create a song about empathy that appeals to a wide population, but I believe it can be done. Some people really like the popular, mainstream songs that don’t really have any lessons or purpose. An artist or band needs to step up and create a song that is similar to current poular songs but has strong lyrics to make the world a better place.
If America takes the lead and pleads to be more empathetic, maybe we can show the world how beneficial it is and the world will change for the better. I know that one song will not be enough to get the message across but it is a good start. Next time you are offended, get mad, are hurt, etc by someone else, first step into their shoes and you may be grateful you did.

Empathize. If I were to send a message of change to the American people, it would be to empathize more often. I really enjoyed Sam’s lecture on empathy and it got me thinking. Empathy is defined as identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives, according to the free dictionary online, but Sam made it clear that it is more than that. It is stepping into someone else’s shoes and seeing life their way. If more American’s (and people all over the world) were to empathize more, the world would be a much better place. If we could all live each day taking time to step into other people’s shoes, the world would be much more peaceful. This is a very broad theme but I believe it is an important message that everyone should hear every day.
At first I thought the best way to portray this message of change would be to use something such as a billboard. Millions of people see billboards every day. If a message about empathy were to be placed on a billboard all over America, it could cause some people to think, and hopefully, they would change their ways. However, a billboard is advertisement and some people do not listen to or pay attention to advertisement. And then I thought more about it, and I think music would be the best venue to portray this message. I’m sure there are some songs about empathy already produced but what America needs is a new, popular song that would appeal to the majority of the population. Music nowadays has lyrics such as “I knew you were trouble when you walked in” or “It's like you're my mirror. My mirror staring back at me.” These are stupid, pointless songs, in my opinion. We need an artist to step up and create a catchy song with meaningful lyrics, not just some crap about breakups.
It might be a hard task, to create a song about empathy that appeals to a wide population, but I believe it can be done. Some people really like the popular, mainstream songs that don’t really have any lessons or purpose. An artist or band needs to step up and create a song that is similar to current poular songs but has strong lyrics to make the world a better place.
If America takes the lead and pleads to be more empathetic, maybe we can show the world how beneficial it is and the world will change for the better. I know that one song will not be enough to get the message across but it is a good start. Next time you are offended, get mad, are hurt, etc by someone else, first step into their shoes and you may be grateful you did.

I believe it is our duty to help others, not just ourselves. Don’t get me wrong, there are many Americans that need help from the government, particularly the Native Americans. But pretend that America is your family. Are you only going to help your family? I grew up in a household were I learned that we should do everything we can to help others, not just people we are related to. There are many, many third world countries that struggle every single day and live in conditions we can’t even think of. Like Sam said, America is the richest country in the world. Wouldn’t it be wrong to not help those poorer than us? I don’t know much about the balance between how much we give our own country and how much foreign aid we give, but regardless, it is important to help others as well as ourselves. But being self-centered is not the way to go. We should try to help both those that are struggling within our own country and those outside of it.
Have you ever thought that maybe the Native Americans don’t want help from the government? They obviously don’t like Americans (and have every right not to since we took all their land away), so maybe they don’t want anything to do with us and won’t take any help. I believe that what they would like is to have their land back, and we’re not going to do that so what else can we do? Maybe the Native Americans chose to live the way they do. No one really knows unless we ask. That could be the very first step. Ask the Native Americans what they would like from us, and then if we can provide that, then we should do so. I hope that this has already happened, but I am not that well informed on the subject. I think that government officials should meet with the chiefs of the tribes to discuss what can and should be done.
On the other hand, giving aid to countries that desperately need it is an act of kindness and we should not end this. America is a developed country and the richest in the world. Shouldn’t we do the right thing and share our wealth? The way in which this is done (taxes, etc.) is a whole other topic to discuss but overall, doesn’t it make sense to help those who are not as fortunate as us?
Many people will argue against giving foreign aid and say that our country needs more help than others. I strongly disagree. I think some people in our country could benefit from some type of aid but we should not just focus on that. Other countries are in such desperate need that we should continue to help them no matter what.