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I believe that we have to come together, and we have to rely on the goodness of each other.

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
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 stand United against Racism!
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Oppression Race Unity
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
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
Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.
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Brave Myself Parents Present
We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
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Enemy Evil
I do think that some people are born as old souls.
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Born Myself Old Soul Thinking
Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.
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Children Heart Start World
You cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.
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Appearance Bad Goodness Person Yourself
A lot of my strength came from my upbringing.
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Growth Myself Strength
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
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 want to inspire kids.
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Children Inspirational Myself
We must absolutely take care of one another.
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Care Oneself
That’s really what my work is all about – bringing kids together.
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Children Myself Togetherness

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