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Eddie Barbanell at University of Texas – Part 1

Special Olympics Board Director, actor and Special Olympics Florida athlete Eddie Barbanell talks to students at the University of Texas at Austin about the R-word. The rally was part of a weeklong “Real Texans Don’t Use the R-word” event. Part one. 

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