Here's the story of a young man who probably gets judged daily for his race, his accent, his tattoo, his piercings, his backwards ball cap, and his age.
A teenager from San Diego, California found a shopping cart with an abandoned purse in the parking lot of a local supermarket. He searched the purse, looked inside the wallet (which had cash and credit cards in it) and found the address.
He drove there but the owner of the purse was not home, so he left it with her family.
When the woman got home she was surprised and wanted to see who returned it. She watched the video of him on her ring doorbell.
What she saw was a young Hispanic teenager with pierced ears and a neck tattoo, wearing a backwards baseball cap. She was impressed by his honesty and wanted to know who he was, so she posted his image on social media.
Sure enough, someone identified him. His name is Adrian Rodriquez. He is 17 years old and just graduated from high school.
The woman took it a step further and created a GoFundMe page so she could reward him for his good deed.
She raised $17,000, met him in person, and gave him the money. The local media was there. The young man was shocked - he expected nothing for what he did. He was humble and soft-spoken and said he always wants to do the right thing, even when no one is around.
A good reminder to judge people by who they are, not by how they look.
Here's a link to this story on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/-duMzWZmRZg
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