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We may not all be equally guilty. But we are all equally responsible for building a decent and just society.

Ruby Bridges

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
We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.
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Enemy Evil
Now that I’m a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.
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Brave Myself Parents Present
Learn from these monuments, whether we like them or not, and put them in their context.
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History Learning
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 believe in my prayers.
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Believe Myself Prayer
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
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
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
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
I pray for my enemies, that God would forgive them.
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Enemy Forgiveness God Myself Pray
We must absolutely take care of one another.
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Care Oneself
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 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

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