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I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.

Ruby Bridges

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 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
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
I do think that some people are born as old souls.
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Born Myself Old Soul Thinking
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
Love is Love. Better to Love than Hate!!!
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Hate Love
Bravery knows no age or gender.
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Brave One Liner
I pray for my enemies, that God would forgive them.
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Enemy Forgiveness God Myself Pray
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 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
I believe in my prayers.
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Believe Myself Prayer
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
Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.
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Brave Myself Parents Present
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 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
A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.
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Growth Myself Strength

I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.

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