The President [Barack Obama] became quite emotional about transgender student rights, threatening to pull Department of Education funds from school districts that do not comply with federal regulations. Black children are suspended from school three times more than white children are, and there is no evidence that black children are three times as unruly.
Julianne MalveauxBernie Sanders just seems to not have the personality to engage with people at the grassroots level.
Julianne MalveauxAfrican-Americans have rarely been the beneficiaries of Presidential rhetorical excess.
Julianne MalveauxAs I write in the book, I do not regret either of my votes for President [Barack] Obama, nor my support of him when he ran for the Senate before that. I get excited as I ever did when I see that black man on Air Force One. But I won't settle for symbolism, and our President's record should be open for analysis.
Julianne MalveauxWe have a very large military community - veterans and others - who basically do believe in the militarism.
Julianne MalveauxIf the Muslim community in Michigan comes out strongly, I think they will make a difference.
Julianne MalveauxI always want to read something about our people's enslavement near the 4th. To keep it light, I also read Rolanda Watts' "Destiny Lingers" She is a sisterfriend and I ran into her at Essence. Then, I finished Paul Taylor's "The Next America." Taylor is the Executive VP at the Pew Research Center, and he uses their excellent data base to talk about the coming "generational showdown" which we are experiencing, at some level, in Black America.
Julianne MalveauxDon't believe the hype that black North Carolinians are not voting. We've heard this time and time again. It's just not the truth.
Julianne MalveauxBernie Sanders has the momentum, and I think that that's something that we can't ignore.
Julianne MalveauxInteresting 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.
Julianne MalveauxReferences 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.
Julianne MalveauxDo 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.
Julianne MalveauxThe 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.
Julianne MalveauxThe president [Barack Obama] did introduce a jobs bill that could not clear Congress. The Republicans simply would not work with him.
Julianne MalveauxWhen public policy is directed toward urban spaces, it is directed toward people who sit at the margins.
Julianne Malveaux[Barack Obama] intended, I think, to say that he took Trayvon's [ Martin] death somewhat personally.
Julianne MalveauxI am not afraid of anything. I am voting for Hillary Clinton because I am excited and enthusiastic.
Julianne MalveauxPresident [Barack] Obama did put together a task force on 21st Century Policing, led by Philadelphia police chief Charles Ramsey, to look at some of these issues after Ferguson.
Julianne MalveauxI hope his wife feeds him [Clarence Thomas, Justice, U.S. Supreme Court] lots of eggs and butter and he dies early like many black men do, of heart disease. . . . He is an absolutely reprehensible person.
Julianne MalveauxCutting 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.
Julianne MalveauxYou have a lot of young people who still feel somewhat marginalized, even if they do vote for Hillary Clinton.
Julianne MalveauxBlack 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."
Julianne MalveauxWhile the banks got big bailouts, a sizeable chunk of African-American wealth evaporated because so many people lost homes.
Julianne MalveauxIf past behavior is any indication, Donald Trump's behavior would not be acceptable.
Julianne MalveauxMost violence is intra-racial, and much of the violence in African-American communities is a function of drug availability, joblessness and poverty.
Julianne MalveauxThis is a column collection, or as one colleague called it, "history in real time," recounting my perspective on the highs and lows of this presidency from an African-American perspective. More than simply a column collection, the book has a substantial introduction that frames the [Barack] Obama presidency, explores the way Obama was treated by the political establishment and also how this first black president treated "his" people. In the epilogue, I use numbers to tell the story of African-American gains and losses during this presidency.
Julianne MalveauxWhile people are prepared to talk about Social Security, about marriage equality, about any number of other issues, people are not prepared - your layperson is not prepared to have a conversation about foreign policy.
Julianne MalveauxHe 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.
Julianne MalveauxPresident [Barack] Obama's choice of Rahm Emmanuel as his Chief of Staff was questionable, and perhaps coverups around the police violence against black people in Chicago is reflective of Mr. Emmanuel's values.
Julianne MalveauxLots of African-American people really so adore Barack Obama that they're unwilling to even be mildly critical of him.
Julianne MalveauxThere's no great, white bigot; there's just about 200 million little white bigots out there.
Julianne MalveauxThe Task Force didn't produce any earth-shattering findings but it suggests that this matter is on the president's radar screen.
Julianne MalveauxIn trying times, I like to remember that you have to keep walking because you can't see what is around the corner.
Julianne MalveauxI don't know how many off the record conversations I've had with African-American leaders who would not be quoted and refused to make their sentiments public.
Julianne MalveauxI've talked to dozens of Chicagoans who will only go off the record in talking about the manufactured mythology.
Julianne MalveauxGeorge W. Bush is evil. He is a terrorist. He is evil. He is arrogant. And he is out of control.
Julianne MalveauxRonald Reagan's attack on people who receive public assistance was partially an attack on people of color.
Julianne MalveauxOf course, Mr. Hannity was outraged that any American would not cross her hand over her heart and repeat the hypocritical words, one nation. Whenever we come up on the Fourth of You Lie, I think of Frederick Douglas and his masterful oration, The meaning of the Fourth of July to the Negro. Pledge the flag? I think not!
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