“I think it goes back to whether or not race and class - that is, race and poverty - is not becoming even more of a constraint. Because with the failing public schools, I worry that the way that my grandparents got out of poverty, the way that my parents became educated, is just not going to be there for a whole bunch of kids.”

American diplomat and political scientist

Condoleezza Rice is an American diplomat and political scientist. She served as the 66th United States secretary of state from 2005 to 2009, and as the 19th U.S. national security advisor from 2001 to 2005. Since 2020, she has been the 8th director of Stanford University's Hoover Institution. Her public life is rooted in American foreign policy and national security, and her work has centered on those fields.