Alice Walker, foreward to The Dreaded Comparison: Animal Slavery and Human Slavery (1996) by Marjorie Spiegel, p. 14.
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The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for whites or women for men.
— Alice Walker on Animal rights
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About Alice Walker
Alice Malsenior Walker (born 9 February 1944) is an American author whose novel, The Color Purple, won both the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award.
About Alice Walker
Alice Malsenior Walker (born 9 February 1944) is an American author whose novel, The Color Purple, won both the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award.
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