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Every people, in order to remain healthy and strong, has to have a grasp of its foundation story. Culture is a chrysalis - it is protective, it takes care of you. That's what cultures are for. You cannot rob a people of language, culture, mother, father, the value of their labor - all of that - without doing vast damage to those people.

Randall Robinson

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Randall Robinson
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 6
Human Rights Activist
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