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I do wish that people talked about the subject of race, especially in the South.

Kathryn Stockett

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Kathryn Stockett
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
Jackson
Mississippi
Subjects
Especially
Race
Wish
People
Talked
Subject
South

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