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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.

Julianne Malveaux

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Julianne Malveaux
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: September 22
Economist
Journalist
Radio Personality
San Francisco County
California
Julianne Marie Malveaux
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