The greatest lesson I learned that year in Mrs. Henry’s class was the lesson Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to teach us all: Never judge people by the color of their skin. God makes each of us unique in ways that go much deeper.
RUBY BRIDGESThat’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
More Ruby Bridges Quotes
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Racism is a form of hate. We pass it on to our young people. When we do that, we are robbing children of their innocence.
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We must absolutely take care of one another.
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I felt like there was something I needed to do – speaking to kids and sharing my story with them and helping them understand racism has no place in the minds and hearts of children.
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I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.
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Love is Love. Better to Love than Hate!!!
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We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
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I believe that we have to come together, and we have to rely on the goodness of each other.
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We may not all be equally guilty. But we are all equally responsible for building a decent and just society.
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I wanted to use my experience to teach kids that racism has no place in hearts and minds.
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Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.
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If you really think about it, if we begin to teach history exactly the way that it happened – good, bad, ugly, no matter what – I believe that we’re going to find that we are closer, more connected than we are apart.
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You cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.
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I think racism is something that is passed on and taught to our kids, and that’s a shame.
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When I think about our babies today and them not being safe in school, I think that should be the next civil rights movement, you know, is to ban the assault weapons so that our babies can be safe.
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We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.
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