Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told a luncheon at the National Press Club Friday that the U.S. needs to bring discussions on race in America down a notch.
“One of the things I think we can do in terms of race relations is turn down a volume a little bit,” Rice said.
Added Rice, “I would just like to see us recognize we’ve come a very long way, recognize we’ve got a lot of work to do, give each other a little bit of the benefit of the doubt, and really focus on the issue of race, i think, is unresolved and that’s that terrible witch’s brew of race and poverty. That’s where our efforts ought to be.”
Rice, who recently released a book entitled “Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir Of Family”detailing her younger years, said that Americans need to be less willing to use the term racist.