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Gabrielle “Gabby” Douglas Triumphs at the Olympics…Despite Disses About The State of Her Hair and About Her Blackness

• August 4, 2012 • 2 Comments

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The Guardian, UK

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Cucumber crisis after Tokyo hit by cloudiest spell since records began July 17, 2019
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The BBC

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