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Gore1FL

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4. I was introduced to her work when I was in elementary school

Reply to ItsjustMe (Original post)

Fri Jul 29, 2022, 08:28 PM

Jul 2022

It was the 1970s. I lived in a diversifying area. My teachers dove right into it with her blue-eye experiment. I probably saw that same film projected 6 times before I graduated High School.

She is an amazing woman. I am glad she is still at it.

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