Ruby Bridges

There are all kinds of monuments to adults - usually dead and usually white. But we don't often lift up the extraordinary work of children.

None of our kids come into the world knowing anything about disliking one another.

I had never seen a white teacher before, but Mrs. Henry was the nicest teacher I ever had.

I think that racism is ugly and so unfair, and I believe that we all need one another.

You cannot look at a person and judge him or her by the color of their skin.

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

Each and every one of us is born with a clean heart. Our babies know nothing about hate or racism. But soon they begin to learn – and only from us. We keep racism alive. We pass it on to our children. We owe it to our children to help them keep their clean start.

Racism is a grown-up disease and we must stop using our children to spread it.