Remember what Mahatma Gandhi said.

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I'm not a proponent of fowarding e-mails around. I'm more one who talks about something I've read to see if others have too, and if not, I'll foward the link then.

Today a got an email via the IGRAB listserve that was a link to a story from ESPN.com. Of course, being a sentimental sap, this story really moved me.

Personally, it reminds me of why I try to be a better person. Yet it shows me how far we have come as humans.

As an aside, here's an example of how far we still need to go. Under the auspices of the Diversity Alliance, Penn launched the Diversity Alliance Speaker Series which is designed to expose the Penn community to the rich and varied accomplishments of its graduates through inviting alumni representing one or more of the Diversity Alliance member organizations to speak about their areas of professional expertise and their personal experiences.

A reply that the Diversity Alliance got from a metro-Philadelphian just charmed me.

I think Penn should devote more time and attention to traditional Western values and culture and less to this "diversity" nonsense.

Signed , listing his three Penn degrees in years 1959, 1963, 1965

Sure, I'd like to see Honkey Studies myself, maybe a minor in Cracker Studies or Haole Studies. But, seriously folks, most of colleagate traditions from schools that aren't historically black collleges or universities are permeated from straight white men. Just show up on campus, BAM, White Studies!

So back to my originally string, please read The brilliant life of Anthony Castro by LZ Granderson. It's stories like these that reaffirms my trust in my motto taken from Leon Uris's Redemption:

[I learned that a]ll men have a measure of cowardice in them. I learned that love of one's mates can overcome your fears. I learned that every survivor of this horror must try to live a good life because he lives for many men.

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