Julianne Malveaux Quotes
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He was in Poland to participate in the NATO conference, President [Barack] Obama did respond well to the back-to-back killings, as well as to the attacks on Dallas police officers that followed.
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References to everybody just disturb me, and it also disturbs me that the people who make policy are not the same people who live policy. When we talk about everybody, we are leaving a whole lot of bodies out.
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Tavis Smiley lost lots of corporate support after he was critical of President [Barack] Obama.
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Interesting statistic: In every economic recovery until 1982, working people captured more than 80 percent of the value of the recovery. Since 1982, the top 10 percent has captured 90 percent of the value of the economic recovery.
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[Barack Obama] intended, I think, to say that he took Trayvon's [ Martin] death somewhat personally.
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Bernie Sanders just seems to not have the personality to engage with people at the grassroots level.
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In trying times, I like to remember that you have to keep walking because you can't see what is around the corner.
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The Task Force didn't produce any earth-shattering findings but it suggests that this matter is on the president's radar screen.
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People will be talking about the [Barack] Obama legacy for decades, and I wanted to include my voice in the analysis of this presidency.
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North Carolina is a fascinating state, because you've got these urban areas. You've got the Piedmont Triangle - Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point.
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The voter problems and voter suppression, in some ways they're the same thing, but in some ways they're not, because the suppression is evil.
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[My childhood was ] spiritual than religious.
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I serve on the Institute of the Black World's National Commission on African-American Reparations, and we have asked the President [Barack Obama] to, by executive order, establish a commission to study reparations. He can do this without Congressional approval. While I am not optimistic, I do hope that President Obama considers this in these waning months of his Presidency.
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Young African - millennials really love Barack Obama.
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If some of the recovery money had gone to cities instead of states, the urban population, read "Black" and "Brown," would be better off with recovery jobs.
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I do know that, you know, Donald Trump has a global portfolio, and many global investors are in Russia.
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Cutting HBCUs was unconscionable. Implementing new regulations on Parent Plus loans, which cost HBCUs 28,000 students, was hostile. At the same time, it is important to note that, except for his first two years, which were a missed opportunity, President [Barack] Obama faced rabid opposition from the Republicans.
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If the Muslim community in Michigan comes out strongly, I think they will make a difference.
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I've talked to dozens of Chicagoans who will only go off the record in talking about the manufactured mythology.
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Trayvon Martin could have been any of our sons, so I was not especially moved by that remark of President [Barack] Obama's.
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I am addicted to the printed word, and my idea of a good time is a good book.
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I do know that there are down-ballot people who have run on the Green Party, and some have been successful.
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It was quite a process to narrow more than 400 columns down to 80. I write weekly, though, and I don't always write about President [Barack] Obama, so that was the easy elimination.
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I think that ranked-choice voting makes a lot of sense.
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Do you really think I'm going to go on record telling you the craziest thing I've ever done. There's a reel in my brain, and I think I'll keep it there. No regrets, though.
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I am not afraid of anything. I am voting for Hillary Clinton because I am excited and enthusiastic.
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Most violence is intra-racial, and much of the violence in African-American communities is a function of drug availability, joblessness and poverty.
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If past behavior is any indication, Donald Trump's behavior would not be acceptable.
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Black child poverty is higher. As I write in the epilogue, "Yes we can. No he didn't. President [Barack] Obama didn't push black people backward, but he missed the opportunity to move us forward."
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Ronald Reagan's attack on people who receive public assistance was partially an attack on people of color.
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