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I want to inspire kids.

Ruby Bridges

That’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
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Children Myself Togetherness
I wanted to use my experience to teach kids that racism has no place in hearts and minds.
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Experience Heart Mindset Myself Place Teaching
We may not all be equally guilty. But we are all equally responsible for building a decent and just society.
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Equality Guilty Responsible
You cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.
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Appearance Bad Goodness Person Yourself
We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
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Enemy Evil
I believe in my prayers.
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Believe Myself Prayer
Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.
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Children Heart Start World
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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Children Hate Oppression People Young
Today and Everyday I stand against Injustice and in solidarity with our Asian, Asian-American & Pacific Islander Brothers and Sisters.
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Justice Myself
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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Beginning Believe Connection History Teaching Thinking Yourself
Evil looks like you and I. I know what evil looks like, and I know that it comes in all shades and colors.
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Appearance Evil Myself Yourself
I believe that we have to come together, and we have to rely on the goodness of each other.
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Believe Goodness Myself Togetherness
Racism is a grown-up disease, and we should stop using our kids to spread it.
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Children Deep Growth Oppression Ourselves Stop
Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.
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Brave Myself Parents Present
We stand United against Racism!
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Oppression Race Unity
I was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960.
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Black Children Myself Success

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