From the NYTimes today on Condi Rice:
Ms. Rice said she was first impressed by Mr. Bush in the 1990’s, not because of any foreign policy issues, but because he spoke of “the soft bigotry of low expectations” and the phrase meant something to her. She recalled being told by a high school teacher “that maybe I was junior college material” and added:
“I know about the soft bigotry of low expectations. And it’s not in this president. It is, however, deeply ingrained in our system, and we’re going to have to do something about it.”