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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

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
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
Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.
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Brave Myself Parents Present
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
When it comes to love, never be reckless with someone else’s heart.
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Heart Love
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 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
Learn from these monuments, whether we like them or not, and put them in their context.
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History Learning
Love is Love. Better to Love than Hate!!!
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Hate Love
I believe it doesn’t do yourself any good to hate.
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Believe Goodness Hate Myself
Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.
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Children Heart Start World
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
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
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
We stand United against Racism!
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Oppression Race Unity
A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.
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Growth Myself Strength

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