Posted on 10/23/2011 6:51:11 AM PDT by Scanian
By now, you've surely heard of Herman Cain, the latest phenom in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Cain, a black businessman, has ridden the popularity among conservatives of his 9-9-9 tax plan to surge in national polls; he leads both former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in Iowa and is neck-and-neck with the erstwhile frontrunner in Florida.
Some people see in Cain simply a charismatic former Godfather's Pizza CEO ("The Pizza You Can't Refuse"). I see something else: a troubling statement about the role of race in our politics.
Recently, the New York Times ran a story suggesting that Cain's use of humor and choice of words might not be so funny. At issue was Cain's announcement that his Secret Service codename should be "Cornbread" and his use, often before white audiences, of phrases like "shucky-ducky." He also claims that he likes to wear gold because it looks good against his "beautiful dark skin," and he likens himself to Haagen-Dazs black walnut ice cream because he is, he claims, not just a flavor of the month.
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In a few months your "messiah" will be booted out and you will all experience a massive reality check.
I'd say lighten up and get a sense of humor but I am sure they would call that racial rhetoric language.
Oh Heck - Lighten Up - We Just Found the New Gold Standard!
hmmmmm
Guess everything is just black or white to these folks.
My immediate characterization of the writer was also “humorless”.
Thanks for adding that for us.
An article citing the NY Times that Cain’s use of racial language is rhetoric we must refuse.
I guess Obama’s DOJ using the LAW to enforce black racists is not a concern to the NY Times or this weak-minded author.
Lastly, do you notice how many of the hit pieces against GOP frontrunners (Bachmann, Perry and now Cain) all come from either New York or Boston?
Don’t you know it.
US liberals are the most race-obsessed people on Earth. They prove it every day.
Absolutely! Sometimes I feel like letting those dens of lieftist iniquity leave the US and join the EU where they would find more like-minded dummies.
And maybe Cali could join up with Red China. Or Mexico, maybe.
PING
Cain jumped on it before he knew what he was talking about! It was the very same thought process as when BO said, before he knew what he was talking about, "cops acting stupidly" that led to the beer summit.
Yep, just like that dufus on MSNBC trying to say he was not black because he was not “down for the struggle”. Only liberal blacks are allowed to use that language.
born December 13, 1945 in Memphis, TN (Meets the Jus Soli Requirement)
Parents were
Luther Cain Jr., born March 16, 1925 in TN, died March 29, 1982 in Atlanta, GA
Lenora Davis, born July 27, 1925 in GA, died August 20, 2005 in Atlanta, GA
Both parents were US Citizens at the time of his birth (Meets the Jus Sanguinis Requirement)
Herman Cain is a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN
Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama ISN'T!
The author thinks isn't angry enough and is like a minstrel show.
Cain’s wish to be called “cornbread” is also troubling, since it can be viewed, like watermelon and fried chicken, as a stereotype applied to blacks.
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Oh pffft to those anal yanks.
That food is the defining food of the South, no matter color. And we love our food!
Next thing ya know it will be un-PC to partake of these foods.
I’m so tired of their stereo types, it is THEM that stereo-types blacks with that food because every Southerner knows we all love and partake of that stuff.
Nothing like fried chicken on a Sunday...well...maybe catfish fried up in some yummy cornmeal or a good pork- butt.
Sheesh! Italians better stay away from talk of tomatoes!
Ulli K. Ryder, Ph.D. is an expert on diversity outreach and was selected as
the Graduate Student in Residence for Diversity Outreach by the
University of Southern California’s Graduate School and was Program
Coordinator for the Summer Humanities Institute at UCLA.
Dr. Ryder earned her Ph.D. in American Studies & Ethnicity from the
University of Southern California, where she was named a Top Graduate.
She also holds a Master of Professional Writing (USC), a Master of
Afro-American Studies (UCLA) and BA from Simmons College in English
and African American Studies.
This author has spent a lifetime placing race front and center of her myopic world. Both Candy Crowley and the author of this tormented tome insist on telling Herman Cain what he should think and say. The only difference between this author and Candy Crowley is that one is an obese white woman.
Like Herman Cain said, this Country needs a sense of humor.
Any of those references to his being black would be fawned over if Cain were a Hollywood celeb.
Racial language like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBvYICKJ3TI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAYe7MT5BxM&feature=related
Herman Cain is BLACK??? OMG!!! Who knew?
Q: What do you call someone who supported Obama, but won't support Cain?
A: Racist!
What the author really believes is that the fact that Herman is a conservative precludes his use of the black “brand.” Ergo, he must pretend to be white and forego any mention of his race, parents, upbringing, ancestry, or background.
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