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iStock(NEW YORK) One 9-year-old wants to help stop racism by making school libraries more inclusive. "One day my mom and aunt asked me how I would want to make a difference in the world and I said to help stop racism," Emi Kim, from Provo, Utah, told Good Morning America. To make that a reality, Emi and her family came up with the idea of bringing more diverse books that feature people of color into school libraries, something Emi said she believes will help people understand one another. "It matters that everyone is represented," Emi said. "We're afraid of what we don't know and I think that's partly the reason why we treat people badly based on how they look." Emi initially set out to buy 15 books for just her school, Westridge Elementary, and set up a lemonade and baked goods stand on July 8 to raise the funds. Her mom, Dorie Kim, told GMA that they raised $762, which allowed them to expand their plan to buy five sets of 15 books for fi

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