A couple years ago, my son..being an OTR trucker, bought me a copy of a biography or Condi Rice..It is called Condi..by Antonia Felix. It is on CD so I listened to it while working in my blacksmith shop.
I may have been a bit cynical at first, wondering if this woman had a "bone to pick" with "the man".. This bio along with other observations, soon set my mind at ease.
Miss Rice was raised by some remarkable parents . Although she did experience some of the incidents such as we hear mentioned, her father, Pastor of a local church..
and his wife did not preach hate and rebellion, as we see so often in folks like Rev Jeremiah Wright ( or wrong) and some of his followers that obviously witnessed not
nearly the rejection that Condi did as a young girl !
In Birmingham, where Condi's Dad had his church..there were 3 or 4 churches firebombed. At that time Condi was about 11 yrs old, and although Pastor Rice's church was not firebombed, she was within the sound of one of the churches that were bombed. He closest friend died in that blast.
Now, this woman has about as much right as anyone to be militant, hateful and mean..but thanks to parents that did a superb job of parenting, she was able to sort out that the kind of people that would burn little girls in their churches are indeed rare..and not indicative of the vast majority of white people.
I will have to go by memory here, since it has been a couple years since I listened to the set of CDs..buit It seems like her master's degree was completed at about 19 years of age with the Dr's degree following shortly.
Throughout life she has EARNED each job and credits she received..and she also knows that both white and black people have had a hand in making her what she is today.
She was made the head of Stanford U. at a comparatively young age.
She is arguably the most qualified person in the western world, when it comes to Russian culture and mindset. She has a great grasp of mideastern culture and their way
of facing siutuations.
She could have been a concert pianist..but being her own harshest critic..and a realist, she believed that she was missing just that "certain something" in order to be best.
The libs call Hillary "the smartest woman in the world"..I would like to see a debate between Condi and her . If I were a betting man...I would give long odds on Condi..
Footnote: I loaned the CD set to a friend that was harboring some trepidtaion about Condi..he drove to Florida and listened to the bio as he traveled..he came home a Condi supporter..
