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Most of all, I dislike this idea nowadays that if you're a black person in America, then you must be called African-American. Listen, I've visited Africa, and I've got news for everyone: I'm not an African.

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Whoopi Goldberg
Age: 68
Born: 1955
Born: November 13
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