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It's very seldom that we see the good of the South. There is a perception that Southerners are racists and everyone else in the nation is 'enlightened.' There is racism everywhere, and there is good everywhere.
Octavia Spencer
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Octavia Spencer
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: May 25
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Octavia Lenora Spencer
Octavia L. Spencer
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