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We may not all be equally guilty. But we are all equally responsible for building a decent and just society.

Ruby Bridges

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
My mother and our pastor always said you have to pray for your enemies and people who do you wrong, and that’s what I did.
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Enemy Mom Myself Prayer 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
Evil isn’t prejudiced. It doesn’t care what you look like; it just wants a place to rest. It’s up to you whether you give it that place.
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Care Evil Place Yourself
I think racism is something that is passed on and taught to our kids, and that’s a shame.
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Children Myself Ourselves Shame Thinking
I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.
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Believe Goodness Hate Myself
Learn from these monuments, whether we like them or not, and put them in their context.
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History Learning
You cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.
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Appearance Bad Goodness Person Yourself
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
That’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
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Children Myself Togetherness
We must absolutely take care of one another.
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Care Oneself
We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.
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Equality Heart People Respect Tolerance Writing
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 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
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.
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Appearance God Greatness Judgement Lesson Skin Teaching

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