If parents snicker at racial and gender jokes, another generation will…

Marian Wright Edelman
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If parents snicker at racial and gender jokes, another generation will pass on the poison adults still have not had the courage to snuff out. ✨ Marian Wright Edelman (2013). The Measure of our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours, p.47, Beacon Press
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If parents snicker at racial and gender jokes, another generation will pass on the poison adults still have not had the courage to snuff out. ✨ Marian Wright Edelman (2013). The Measure of our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours, p.47, Beacon Press

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