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The only way not to worry about the race problem is to be doing something about it yourself. When you are, natural human vanity makes you feel that now the thing is in good hands.

Margaret Halsey

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Margaret Halsey
Age: 86 †
Born: 1910
Born: February 13
Died: 1997
Died: February 4
Writer
Yonkers
New York State
Something
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Way
Hands
Good
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Human
Vanity
Humans
Racism
Feel
Worry
Feels
Race
Thing
Natural

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