○ commencement address at wellesley college ○
now this little girl knew what she was, and she was not about to give up on either her identity, or the game. she intended to take her place wherever mermaids fit into the scheme of things. where do the mermaids stand? all of those who are different, those who do not fit the boxes and the pigeonholes?" "answer that question," wrote fulghum, "and you can build a school, a nation, or a whole world." as that very wise young woman said, "diversity, like anything worth having, requires effort. effort to learn about and respect difference, to be compassionate with one another, to cherish our own identity, and to accept unconditionally the same in others.
you should all be very proud that this is the wellesley spirit. now i know your first choice today was alice walker -- guess how i know! -- known for the color purple. instead you got me -- known for the color of my hair! alice walker's book has a special resonance here. at wellesley, each class is known by a special color. for four years the class of '90 has worn the color purple. today you meet on severance green to say goodbye to all of that, to begin a new and very personal journey, to search for your own true colors.
in the world that awaits you, beyond the shores of lake waban, no one can say what your true colors will be. but this i do know: you have a first class education from a first class school. and so you need not, probably cannot, live a "paint-by-numbers" life. decisions are not irrevocable. choices do come back. and as you set off from wellesley, i hope that many of you will consider making three very special choices.
the first is to believe in something larger than yourself, to get involved in some of the big ideas of our time. i chose literacy because i honestly believe that if more people coul
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