Tag: Ruby Bridges
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The mission of the Foundation is to create educational opportunities like science camp that allow children from different racial, cultural, and socio-economic backgrounds to build lasting relationships.
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I like to share my story with children, and they are amazed by the story.
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From age 7 to about 37, I had a normal life and not a very easy one.
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Racism is a grown-up disease, and we should stop using our kids to spread it.
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I’m not a very public person.
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The people I passed every morning as I walked up the school’s steps were full of hate. They were white, but so was my teacher, who couldn’t have been more different from them. She was one of the most loving people I had ever known.
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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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My family – my mother and father had gone through such a hard time that by the time I graduated from sixth grade, they were separated.
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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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We have to take care of each other’s children.
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