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My white skin disgusts me. My passport disgusts me. They are the marks of an insufferable privilege bought at the price of others' agony. If I could peel myself inside out I would be glad. If I could become part of the oppressed I would be free.

Robin Morgan

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Robin Morgan
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: January 29
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