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First of all it's usually women who run these higher primate sanctuaries, rarely men. They are white. They come from privileged backgrounds. They are educated.
Russell Banks
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Russell Banks
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: March 28
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Newton
Massachusetts
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