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November 10, 2011
"Cain also wins greater scrutiny, not exemption, because he is black — or at least a certain sort of black."
In addition to his conservatism, his voice, bearing, grammar, and diction, even his showy black cowboy hat,bother liberals in much the same way that Joe Frazier was not Muhammad Ali and Clarence Thomas was not Anita Hill. Black authenticity, as defined by Southern mannerisms and darker complexion, amplified by conservatism or traditionalism, earns liberal unease. Rarely has anyone been so candid in confessing just that unease as were Senators Harry Reid and Joe Biden in their backhanded praise of Barack Obama during the 2008 campaign. I think Reid (“light-skinned,” “with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one”) and Biden (“I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy”) both were trying to say at the time that Barack Obama did not look or sound like someone analogous to Herman Cain. -- Cain Lost in the Labyrinth - National Review Online
Posted by gerardvanderleun at November 10, 2011 5:50 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.