I DONâ??T NEED Harry Belafonte to tell me what it means to be black,â? Condoleezza Rice once said in response to Belafonteâ??s castigation of her and Colin Powell for serving in George W. Bushâ??s administration. The line registered because of its implication of something a tad kitschy about Belafonte as a public figure, as if the criticism had come from, say, Tony Orlando.
