stonebear , 5 months ago So, Ruby Bridges - yes, the six-year-old Black kid from Mississippi in the Norman Rockwell painting - is all grown up and writing books. Her latest has her slogan on the back: "Racism is a grown-up disease. Let's stop using our kids to spread it." Here she is on Colbert from last night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW7tbMF1Wto Here's the book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/dear-ruby-hear-our-hearts-ruby-bridges/19972144?ean=9781338753912 #RacismInAmerica #racism #RubyBridges #activism #censorship #books @bookstodon
So, Ruby Bridges - yes, the six-year-old Black kid from Mississippi in the Norman Rockwell painting - is all grown up and writing books.
Her latest has her slogan on the back: "Racism is a grown-up disease. Let's stop using our kids to spread it."
Here she is on Colbert from last night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW7tbMF1Wto
Here's the book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/dear-ruby-hear-our-hearts-ruby-bridges/19972144?ean=9781338753912
#RacismInAmerica #racism #RubyBridges #activism #censorship #books @bookstodon