I want to inspire kids.
RUBY BRIDGESI think racism is something that is passed on and taught to our kids, and that’s a shame.
More Ruby Bridges Quotes
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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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We must absolutely take care of one another.
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Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.
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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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Bravery knows no age or gender.
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My mother had taught me that the only thing you could depend on was your faith, and I had that.
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That’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
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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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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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You cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.
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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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I was the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana in 1960.
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Learn from these monuments, whether we like them or not, and put them in their context.
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I think racism is something that is passed on and taught to our kids, and that’s a shame.
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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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Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.
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Racism is a grown-up disease, and we should stop using our kids to spread it.
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Love is Love. Better to Love than Hate!!!
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A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.
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We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
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I do think that some people are born as old souls.
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I believe in my prayers.
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We have tolerance, respect, and equality in our written laws but not in the hearts of some of our people.
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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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I believe that we have to come together, and we have to rely on the goodness of each other.
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I pray for my enemies, that God would forgive them.
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