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I think racism is something that is passed on and taught to our kids, and that’s a shame.

Ruby Bridges

Learn from these monuments, whether we like them or not, and put them in their context.
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History Learning
That’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
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Children Myself Togetherness
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
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
I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.
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Believe Goodness Hate Myself
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 believe in my prayers.
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Believe Myself Prayer
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
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
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
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
Love is Love. Better to Love than Hate!!!
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Hate Love
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
I want to inspire kids.
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Children Inspirational Myself
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

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