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Ignorance, arrogance, and racism have bloomed as Superior Knowledge in all too many universities.

Alice Walker

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Alice Walker
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: February 9
Actor
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Civil Rights Advocate
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Film Producer
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Alice Malsenior Walker
Alice Walker Leventhal
Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker
Ignorance
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You a low down dog is what’s wrong. It’s time to leave you and enter into the creation. And your dead body just the welcome mat I need.
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