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> [“They where like so many of the adults around us, content to pretend that all was well…but we knew better”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melba-pattillo-beals/they-where-like-so-many-of-the-adults-around-us-content-to-pretend/)

Melba Pattillo Beals

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## More by Melba Pattillo Beals

> [“If you go only where you are welcome, that’s where other people want you to go, not where you choose to go. You’re limited…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melba-pattillo-beals/if-you-go-only-where-you-are-welcome-that-s-where-other-people-want/)

Melba Pattillo Beals

> [“The task that remains is to cope with our interdependence - to see ourselves reflected in every other human being and to respect and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melba-pattillo-beals/the-task-that-remains-is-to-cope-with-our-interdependence-to-see/)

Melba Pattillo Beals

> [“The effort to separate ourselves whether by race, creed, color, religion, or status is as costly to the separator as to those who would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melba-pattillo-beals/the-effort-to-separate-ourselves-whether-by-race-creed-color-religion/)

Melba Pattillo Beals

> [“They where like so many of the adults around us, content to pretend that all was well…but we knew better”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melba-pattillo-beals/they-where-like-so-many-of-the-adults-around-us-content-to-pretend/)

Melba Pattillo Beals

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