 Britkid Fave Quotes
John: It's annoying when people don't make an effort to at least try and understand. Golda Meir, (ex leader of Israel) said:
'You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.'
Tzu Lee: Dr Martin Luther King Junior, who was an American Minister and campaigner for equal rights for black Americans, said this:
'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.'
Megan: Like father, like son! Martin Luther King Senior, said:
'Don't hate - it's too big a burden to bear.'
REAL LIVES
"We had just moved house. Some boys started yelling things at me. I didn't understand their words, but they hurt. My friend chased them away - I don't think they expected a white kid, especially a girl, to stick up for me!" (Thabo, 8)
"On the day of the IRA bomb mum went into the shop at the corner of her road where she has lived for 30 years. Some bloke heard her Irish accent and spat on her" (Caroline, 21)
"I was running for my last bus after youth club. A police car stopped me. They told me there'd been a burglary. They bundled me in the car. I was put in a cell until my parents turned up." (Darron, 16)
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