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From the Future: Mandela Reagan Potter, You Were Named for Two of the Bravest Men I Ever Knew
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Named for Nelson Mandela, who helped lead the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa and worked fervently towards equality; and for Ronald Reagan, who ensured that my father’s generational wealth would stay where it belonged — in the family — rather than going to the dirty poors