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And I see the - you know, when I go to the juvenile detention centers and prisons, I see people who can't read now. And I know that when they leave those prisons and those detention centers, they're not going to be able to make it in our society.

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Books transmit values. They explore our common humanity. What is the message when some children are not represented in those books?

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I think it's difficult for young people to acknowledge being smart, to knowledge being a reader. I see kids who are embarrassed to read books. They're embarrassed to have people see them doing it.

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When I began to read, I began to exist

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We need to tell young people that America was built by men and women of all colors and that the future of this country is dependent on the participation of all of our citizens.

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Cutting people out of your life is easy, keeping them in is hard.

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