Condoleezza Rice: A Victim Of Discrimination

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Condoleezza Rice is considered as the former Secretary of State of the United States who helped the President George W. Bush during his elected term. She is considered the first black woman to maintain this powerful role in a political position, the most influential woman affects not only in the United States but around the world. In addition, she is general applauded and praised as the influenced of powerful women. But everyone will have never known before she has a power that she has been treated unequally by the white as a victim of discrimination. Racism which has been contemptuous and disparaged throughout a childhood. Her believe in a god and hope that made her person and her personality to overcome all difficulty obstacles and circumstances. This is an exemplary story of a dream that African Americans can never wish that become true, which inspired the effort for African American stayed avoid from discriminated. At her childhood, she lived in Alabama has used her perception, bravery and instinction to achieve great education …show more content…
It can be said violent acts go against blacks have become the normal thing in life. In the toward threated of the savage racial discrimination that had happened during that time, her family tried anyway as possible and effort to help her avoid discrimination is the education, the only way to rescue her from the history of black being discriminated by from racial violence, the believed in god has helped she has a confidence and motivation to deserve what she should have received. After many years not trying to give up, she was enrolled in many important political

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