Here is what she said
"Dismantling white supremacy in society looks like dismantling in my heart, first," Bridges said, as reported by
the Post Millennial. "It means I'm not going to teach Spanish. Accountability is ongoing because there is not end to the process."
"Learning Spanish from a white woman? I wish I could go back and tell my students not to learn power or correctness from this white woman," she said of herself. "I would tell them to stand in their own power. White isn't right."
Bridges continued, "Racism originates with, and is perpetuated by white people."
"We're deconstructing our emotions around acknowledging our whiteness and white privilege through the lens of grief and the process of grief," Bridges declared. "I have been complicit as a part of the educational system and as a white woman benefitting from white privilege."
"We talked about mourning our white morality. I'm holding myself accountable to this journey," Bridges added. "Part of my accountability is to continue to struggle and grapple with my internalized white supremacy."
Bridges said that as a K-12 teacher, she has been "embedded in a system that some scholars have identified as reproducing social injustice. Consciously, or unconsciously."
Bridges pledged to be a "white ally" and "anti-racist coconspirator."
She also added that she is koo koo for CoCoPuffs!