Most violence is intra-racial, and much of the violence in African-American communities is a function of drug availability, joblessness and poverty.
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 MalveauxThe president [Barack Obama] did introduce a jobs bill that could not clear Congress. The Republicans simply would not work with him.
Julianne MalveauxObviously these conditions [violence, poverty] predate the [Barack] Obama presidency and the president has limited ways to dent this violence. But funding war weapons in cities, as opposed to more community policing, is not the solution.
Julianne Malveaux