Herman Cain in Salon.com
On Civil Rights:
Denied college admission due to race; but never lost faith
In Cain's telling, he was denied admission to the University of Georgia based on his race, even though he ranked second in his high school class. Rather than show righteous anger and indignation at how his basic life chances were threatened by the
illogic of white supremacy, Herman Cain "never lost faith in America" and oddly "found inspiration in the experience" as it reinforced the values his parents had instilled in him.
Source: Chauncey De Vega, Salon.com, "Apologist for White Racism"
Mar 21, 2011
On Principles & Values:
OpEd: Apologist right out of black conservative playbook
Herman Cain gave a speech right out of the black conservative playbook in New Hampshire. Popular black conservatives perform their designated roles as mascots and apologists for white racism.
They are "the good ones": black folks who do not complain or protest, who trust in white benevolence, and never rock the boat. Thus black conservatives fulfill a fantasy role for white conservatives who seek to minimize the role that centuries of
discrimination, violent oppression and racism continue to play in contemporary American life.Cain grabbed headlines in New Hampshire when he made a case for his presidential candidacy in racial terms. "There are some people who will say, `I'm not
going to vote for another black guy because this one didn't work out,'" Cain told his audience. "And my response is, well, what about those 43 white guys you put in there? How did they work out? Don't condemn me because the first black one was bad.
Source: Chauncey De Vega, Salon.com, "Apologist for White Racism"
Mar 21, 2011
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