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Julianne Malveaux is an accomplished economist, born on September 22, 1953. She has extensive research and teaching experience in the field of economics, particularly in issues related to race, gender, and poverty. Professor Malveaux has held teaching positions at several universities and has authored numerous publications on economic and social issues.

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“This was in 2004, and it told me that President [Barack] Obama intended to be very careful and noncontroversial in addressing race matters. I”

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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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“I've talked to dozens of Chicagoans who will only go off the record in talking about the manufactured mythology.”

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“The published record will show that many in Chicago have mixed feedback on the President's [Barack Obama] role as organizer.”

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“Tavis Smiley lost lots of corporate support after he was critical of President [Barack] Obama.”

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“As 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.”

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“I 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.”

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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 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.”

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“[My childhood was ] spiritual than religious.”

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“I describe myself as a "spiritual sampler," raised Catholic, been Baptist, Methodist, and a Unity member.”

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“Always firmly believing in a higher power, I have also always been in search of a spiritual peace.”

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“I like to think that life lessons are learned and re-learned every day and take on importance at different times in life.”

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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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“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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“Bernie Sanders has the momentum, and I think that that's something that we can't ignore.”

Thinking Momentum

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“You have a lot of young people who still feel somewhat marginalized, even if they do vote for Hillary Clinton.”

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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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“Voting is not the most you can do; it's really the least you can do.”

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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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“Ronald Reagan's attack on people who receive public assistance was partially an attack on people of color.”

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“When Ronald Reagan became president, students could no longer get food stamps.”

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“Of 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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“When public policy is directed toward urban spaces, it is directed toward people who sit at the margins.”

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“I 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.”

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“George W. Bush is evil. He is a terrorist. He is evil. He is arrogant. And he is out of control.”

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“There's no great, white bigot; there's just about 200 million little white bigots out there.”

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Born: September 22, 1953
Known for: Economist
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