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Evil looks like you and I. I know what evil looks like, and I know that it comes in all shades and colors.

Ruby Bridges

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
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 want to inspire kids.
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Children Inspirational Myself
I pray for my enemies, that God would forgive them.
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Enemy Forgiveness God Myself Pray
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
I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.
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Believe Goodness Hate Myself
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
That’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
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Children 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
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
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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Children Feeling Help Myself Need Place Story Understand
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
A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.
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Growth Myself Strength
I do think that some people are born as old souls.
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Born Myself Old Soul Thinking
When it comes to love, never be reckless with someone else’s heart.
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Heart Love

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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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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