My dad is older than ruby bridges. People seem to forget that the issues we face today are still repercussions from things during our own parents/grandparents’ times. Top Pan-African Flag It’s My DNA Shirt. Supreme Court in 2003 declared sodomy laws unconstitutional in Lawrence v. Texas, certain sexual acts between persons of the same sex were a criminal offense in Texas, termed “deviate sexual intercourse”, The offense was a Class C misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not to exceed $500. As of January 2018, Texas was one of the three states to still have statutes criminalizing same-sex sexual acts, alongside both Oklahoma and Kansas. The Legislature has failed to act on several proposed bills that would repeal the Texas statute.

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Ruby Bridges is only 65 today. We’re really 100% living this history. Top Pan-African Flag It’s My DNA Shirt. As those people who took time out of their day to attack a six-year-old like that? This school was in my neighborhood in New Orleans. Passing it was always a reminder of how most of the people screaming at this little girl were probably still alive. It makes you think, the fact that her teacher is still alive. A lot of those people threatening the six-year-old are probably still alive today. And people wonder why racism is still so prevalent in America today. The 60s weren’t that long ago. Knowing what it’s like to be a 6-year-old child, this just breaks my heart. Children are so very vulnerable for quite a long time. As an adult with no children, I can only imagine what her parents must have gone through.

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As a child, I imagined this event from Ruby’s perspective, but as the parent of a six-year-old, I have an entirely different view. I cannot imagine how terrified and worried her parents must have been. And how proud. I’m sure there were many days where she was crying and begging not to go to school. Top Pan-African Flag It’s My DNA Shirt. They made her go anyway… because it was her only shot at an education. I remember watching a movie about her in school once and they brought this detail up, and, as sad as it was that she felt the need to do that, it really hit me how smart that was of her, especially for a 6-year-old. If I remember correctly, she was actually brilliant for her age. They didn’t just pick any little kid to be the first black student at this all-white school. I remember learning that she scored really high on tests and was well above her peers. It’s no wonder she was so clever.

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