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发表于2024-12-23
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Condoleezza Rice has excelled as a diplomat, political scientist, and concert pianist. Her achievements run the gamut from helping to oversee the collapse of communism in Europe and the decline of the Soviet Union, to working to protect the country in the aftermath of 9-11, to becoming only the second woman - and the first black woman ever -- to serve as Secretary of State.
But until she was 25 she never learned to swim.
Not because she wouldn't have loved to, but because when she was a little girl in Birmingham, Alabama, Commissioner of Public Safety Bull Connor decided he'd rather shut down the city's pools than give black citizens access.
Throughout the 1950's, Birmingham's black middle class largely succeeded in insulating their children from the most corrosive effects of racism, providing multiple support systems to ensure the next generation would live better than the last. But by 1963, when Rice was applying herself to her fourth grader's lessons, the situation had grown intolerable. Birmingham was an environment where blacks were expected to keep their head down and do what they were told -- or face violent consequences. That spring two bombs exploded in Rice’s neighborhood amid a series of chilling Klu Klux Klan attacks. Months later, four young girls lost their lives in a particularly vicious bombing.
So how was Rice able to achieve what she ultimately did?
Her father, John, a minister and educator, instilled a love of sports and politics. Her mother, a teacher, developed Condoleezza’s passion for piano and exposed her to the fine arts. From both, Rice learned the value of faith in the face of hardship and the importance of giving back to the community. Her parents’ fierce unwillingness to set limits propelled her to the venerable halls of Stanford University, where she quickly rose through the ranks to become the university’s second-in-command. An expert in Soviet and Eastern European Affairs, she played a leading role in U.S. policy as the Iron Curtain fell and the Soviet Union disintegrated. Less than a decade later, at the apex of the hotly contested 2000 presidential election, she received the exciting news – just shortly before her father’s death – that she would go on to the White House as the first female National Security Advisor.
As comfortable describing lighthearted family moments as she is recalling the poignancy of her mother’s cancer battle and the heady challenge of going toe-to-toe with Soviet leaders, Rice holds nothing back in this remarkably candid telling. This is the story of Condoleezza Rice that has never been told, not that of an ultra-accomplished world leader, but of a little girl – and a young woman -- trying to find her place in a sometimes hostile world and of two exceptional parents, and an extended family and community, that made all the difference.
The strength to be she wants to be.
評分Really love this very personal book from Condi. Highly recommend it!
評分Really love this very personal book from Condi. Highly recommend it!
評分Really love this very personal book from Condi. Highly recommend it!
評分The strength to be she wants to be.
赖斯的一生可谓非同寻常,但这“非同寻常”不是源于“非常巧合”,而是有它的必然性。 她出生在一个普通黑人中产家庭,父亲和母亲的社会地位一般,但其身上传承了美国白人中产阶级的优秀价值观:延迟享受、自律、有序、服从、以及对社会地位财富的欲望。这些价值观影响、塑造...
評分无意中看到这本书,看了很感动。 1、她成长过程中所处的大环境应该说是非常混乱和有些恐怖的。但是她父母为他营造的小环境非常不错。这个才是家庭教育啊~!!!!! 2、在种族歧视那么严重的那个年代,依然有那么多人在为民族融合而付出各种努力。 3、在表面上的融合后,慢慢就...
評分在读此书之前,我认为我对赖斯算是比较了解的。在英国留学那一年,我在诺里奇当地的图书馆接触到这样一本书:Condi: The Condoleezza Rice Story。—— 这本书不是自传,作者不是她本人。不过这并不影响我了解她的经历,从种族隔离的童年,到钢琴旁及滑冰场上的青少年,从学习...
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