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When Demetrie got sick, we knew it was our responsibility to take care of her and pay her medical bills. And we embraced that. But the tricky part is, like so many families in the South, we also expected her to use a separate bathroom, to use separate utensils.
When Demetrie got sick, we knew it was our responsibility to take care of her and pay her medical bills. And we embraced that. But the tricky part is, like so many families in the South, we also expected her to use a separate bathroom, to use separate utensils.
Approximate author period: c. 2009 AD · contemporary
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- Kathryn Stockett
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- Approximate author period: c. 2009 AD · contemporary
Approximate author-period evidence for Kathryn Stockett: documented activity in 2009. Wikidata Q240515, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q240515 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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