Hines Ward is one of those athletes we should come to admire because he really is a role model.  Charles Barkley famously said that he’s no role model, but thank goodness we have guys like Hines Ward who’s using his fame and fortune to help others.  The Hines Ward story gained national attention when the wide receiver won his first Super Bowl with the Pittsburgh Steelers.  Soon after the Super Bowl, he traveled with his Korean mother to South Korea to bring awareness to the difficulties  and discrimination that biracial children encounter, as he’s the son of a Korean mother and an African-American father.

The New York Times wrote about Hines Ward’s recent efforts when he gathered biracial children from Korea for a dinner.

“It’s a great culture,” said Ward, who was born in Seoul to a Korean mother and an African-American soldier father, and was raised mainly in Georgia by his mother. “I love everything about it. But there’s a dark side to that culture. And me, I’m just trying to shed a light on that dark side and make Korea a better place than it already is.”

Ward’s message: never be ashamed; embrace the opportunity to be part of two cultures.

For the full story, go to the New York Times.

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