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When you think of the sort of things that happen when a genocide happens, it's again not people who are intrinsically evil.

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Desmond Tutu
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: October 7
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Anglican Priest
Non-Fiction Writer
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Desmond Mpilo Tutu
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