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WE [black women] HAVE ADAPTED TO A SOCIETY THAT DOES'NT HONOR US.

Iyanla Vanzant

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Iyanla Vanzant
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: September 13
Motivational Speaker
Spiritual Teacher
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Rhonda Eva Harris
Doe
Women
Adapted
Honor
Society
Black

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