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

Ruby Bridges

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
I want to inspire kids.
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Children Inspirational Myself
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
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
That’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
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Children 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 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
Our elders said back then that if Black folks really wanted to see Change, they had to step up to the plate and do it themselves. Somebody has to be First. Will that be you?
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Black Change Oppression Ourselves See Strength 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
We stand United against Racism!
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Oppression Race Unity
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
Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.
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Brave Myself Parents Present
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
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
I believe in my prayers.
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Believe Myself Prayer

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