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> [This 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianne-malveaux/this-is-a-column-collection-or-as-one-colleague-called-it-history-in/)

[Julianne Malveaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianne-malveaux/)

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## More by Julianne Malveaux

> [I've talked to dozens of Chicagoans who will only go off the record in talking about the manufactured mythology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianne-malveaux/i-ve-talked-to-dozens-of-chicagoans-who-will-only-go-off-the-record/)

[Julianne Malveaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianne-malveaux/)

> [I do know that there are down-ballot people who have run on the Green Party, and some have been successful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianne-malveaux/i-do-know-that-there-are-down-ballot-people-who-have-run-on-the-green/)

[Julianne Malveaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianne-malveaux/)

> [We have a very large military community - veterans and others - who basically do believe in the militarism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianne-malveaux/we-have-a-very-large-military-community-veterans-and-others-who/)

[Julianne Malveaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianne-malveaux/)

> [People have been unhappy for a long time about the two-party system.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianne-malveaux/people-have-been-unhappy-for-a-long-time-about-the-two-party-system/)

[Julianne Malveaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianne-malveaux/)

> [ \[Barack Obama\] intended, I think, to say that he took Trayvon's \[ Martin\] death somewhat personally. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianne-malveaux/barack-obama-intended-i-think-to-say-that-he-took-trayvon-s-martin/)

[Julianne Malveaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianne-malveaux/)

> [I describe myself as a "spiritual sampler," raised Catholic, been Baptist, Methodist, and a Unity member.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianne-malveaux/i-describe-myself-as-a-spiritual-sampler-raised-catholic-been-baptist/)

[Julianne Malveaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianne-malveaux/)

> [ As I write in the book, I do not regret either of my votes for President \[Barack\] Obama, nor my support of him when… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianne-malveaux/as-i-write-in-the-book-i-do-not-regret-either-of-my-votes-for/)

[Julianne Malveaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianne-malveaux/)

> [I am not afraid of anything. I am voting for Hillary Clinton because I am excited and enthusiastic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianne-malveaux/i-am-not-afraid-of-anything-i-am-voting-for-hillary-clinton-because-i/)

[Julianne Malveaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianne-malveaux/)

> [I don't regret my votes for President Obama by any stretch of the imagination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianne-malveaux/i-don-t-regret-my-votes-for-president-obama-by-any-stretch-of-the/)

[Julianne Malveaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianne-malveaux/)

> [ Obviously these conditions \[violence, poverty\] predate the \[Barack\] Obama presidency and the president has limited ways to dent this violence. But funding war weapons… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianne-malveaux/obviously-these-conditions-violence-poverty-predate-the-barack-obama/)

[Julianne Malveaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianne-malveaux/)

> [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianne-malveaux/i-hope-his-wife-feeds-him-clarence-thomas-justice-u-s-supreme-court/)

[Julianne Malveaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianne-malveaux/)

> [Lots of African-American people really so adore Barack Obama that they're unwilling to even be mildly critical of him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianne-malveaux/lots-of-african-american-people-really-so-adore-barack-obama-that/)

[Julianne Malveaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianne-malveaux/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianne-malveaux/i-don-t-know-how-many-off-the-record-conversations-i-ve-had-with/)

[Julianne Malveaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianne-malveaux/)

> [If some of the recovery money had gone to cities instead of states, the urban population, read "Black" and "Brown," would be better off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianne-malveaux/if-some-of-the-recovery-money-had-gone-to-cities-instead-of-states/)

[Julianne Malveaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianne-malveaux/)

> [ The president \[Barack Obama\] did introduce a jobs bill that could not clear Congress. The Republicans simply would not work with him. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianne-malveaux/the-president-barack-obama-did-introduce-a-jobs-bill-that-could-not/)

[Julianne Malveaux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianne-malveaux/)

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