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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
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Worry
Feels
Race
Thing
Natural
Something
Makes
Way
Hands
Good
Problem
Human
Vanity
Humans
Racism

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