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1. black
2. grey
3. blue
4. red
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When it comes to love, never be reckless with someone else’s heart.

Ruby Bridges

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  I wanted to use my experience to teach kids that racism has no place in hearts and minds.

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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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  We must absolutely take care of one another.

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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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  Learn from these monuments, whether we like them or not, and put them in their context.

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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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  We all have a common enemy, and it is evil.

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  Today and Everyday I stand against Injustice and in solidarity with our Asian, Asian-American & Pacific Islander Brothers and Sisters.

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  You cannot look at a person and tell whether they’re good or bad.

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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 grown-up disease, and we should stop using our kids to spread it.

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  Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.

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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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  Bravery knows no age or gender.

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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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  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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  I want to inspire kids.

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

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  We stand United against Racism!

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

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  I pray for my enemies, that God would forgive them.

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