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We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.

Ruby Bridges

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
Love is Love. Better to Love than Hate!!!
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Hate Love
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
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
We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.
RUBY BRIDGES

Equality Heart People Respect Tolerance Writing
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
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
You cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.
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Appearance Bad Goodness Person 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
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.
RUBY BRIDGES

Justice Myself
Learn from these monuments, whether we like them or not, and put them in their context.
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History Learning
I do think that some people are born as old souls.
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Born Myself Old Soul Thinking

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