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Racism is a grown-up disease, and we should stop using our kids to spread it.

Ruby Bridges

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
My mother had taught me that the only thing you could depend on was your faith, and I had that.
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Faith Mom Myself
Love is Love. Better to Love than Hate!!!
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Hate Love
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
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
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
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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Myself Ourselves Place Thinking
You cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.
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Appearance Bad Goodness Person Yourself
A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.
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Growth Myself Strength
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
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 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
We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
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Enemy Evil
Bravery knows no age or gender.
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Brave One Liner
I do think that some people are born as old souls.
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Born Myself Old Soul Thinking
Learn from these monuments, whether we like them or not, and put them in their context.
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History Learning

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