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April 07, 2004
Velvet Glove
The NYPost has a nice background piece on Condi Rice....including this interesting bit:
And even in her high-profile job she has faced the embarrassment of having a sales clerk in a fancy store show her costume jewelry instead of the real thing and mutter something like "black trash" when she asked to see the real gold.
"And so I said, 'Let's get one thing clear. If you could afford anything in here you wouldn't be behind this counter. So I strongly suggest you do your job,' " Rice recounted to Essence magazine.
"It's something that has probably happened to every black person at some point in time. You're not treated as if you are actually a customer. My view is, you just don't let that sort of thing go at all."
A true Southern lady, Ms. Rice. The more I learn about her, the more I admire her.
Now what do you think she's going to do to Richard Clarke Thursday?
Posted by Rita at April 7, 2004 06:26 AM
Comments
The woman at the counter needed to have her face slapped.
Good lord, why are people so goddamn evil sometimes?
Posted by: Keith at April 7, 2004 12:16 PM
Damn, how I admire that woman. She's got my vote in '08 - if she runs (cross my fingers)!
Posted by: david at April 7, 2004 03:29 PM
She is one classy woman.
Posted by: Jim - Parkway Rest Stop at April 7, 2004 07:25 PM
Everything I've ever read about her has dignity to it.
Posted by: Da Goddess at April 9, 2004 10:02 AM