After a little hiatus, I started listening/searching again for more
Ubuntu. Strangely enough, right as I was thinking, "Hey, I should start looking for some more stories..." I heard this story on NPR. The part that got my attention was the beginning anecdote about the man named "Oscar" who lost his wallet in Philadelphia's Reading Market and had it returned to him, intact, several weeks later by an anonymous person. Neal Conan makes a point that the act of goodwill is not so much the act in itself, but the fact that Oscar repeats the story over and over again. The interview is actually with an author about centers where ethnic and socioeconomic barriers are broken down and people see each other as
people. It's a good interview, with a lot of good
Ubuntu stories that would otherwise probably go unheard. I hope you listen.
http://www.npr.org/2011/04/04/135116342/bridging-racial-divides-in-cosmopolitan-canopies
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