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Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.

Ruby Bridges

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
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
I want to inspire kids.
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Children Inspirational Myself
We must absolutely take care of one another.
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Care Oneself
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
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 all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
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Enemy Evil
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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Appearance Evil Myself Yourself
Learn from these monuments, whether we like them or not, and put them in their context.
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History Learning
Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.
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Children Heart Start World
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
We stand United against Racism!
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Oppression Race Unity
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
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

Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.

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