What do we learn from this excerpts?

"Over the years, I've reflected on what attracted my conservative,Republican father to radicals such as Stokely Carmichael. When I asked,he said that he liked the contestation of ideas. It's true that he loved to make people uncomfortable by testing the limits of their intellectual tolerance--wether with his congregation in Bible study or his students in the classroom.

But I've come to believe that there was more to it. Daddy would sometimes ridicule those who suggested that blacks find succor and support in a closer association with Africa.. "America is our home," he'do sometimes say to my horror that the tragedy of slavery had given us a chance to live in the freest and most prosperous country on Earth. He loved the United States of America and was vocal in his appreciation for the good fortune of being American.Yet he clearly admired the willingness of radicals to confront America's racism with strength and pride rather than with humbleness and
supplication" Condoleeza Rice on life during segregation in her memoir Condoleezza Rice, page 137. Printed 2012