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Shame ain't black, like dirt, like I always thought it was. Shame be the color of a new white uniform your mother ironed all night to pay for, white without a smudge or a speck a work-dirt on it.
Kathryn Stockett
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Kathryn Stockett
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 1
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