Herman Cain: Obama's Never Been A Part Of The Black Experience In America

GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain paid a visit to Neal Boortz‘s radio show to discuss, among other things, the fallout from his heated (and, at times, extremely awkward) interview with MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell last week. In that interview, you’ll recall, O’Donnell brought up a passage from Cain’s book wherein he shares that, when he was in high school, his father had advised him to focus on his studies instead of participating in the civil rights movement of the 1960s. O’Donnell framed Cain’s decision in such a way that the dominant conversation that arose from that interview is centered around Cain’s “blackness” and his role in the “black community.” It seems that nearly every notable black pundit had weighed in on Cain’s experience, from Melissa Harris-Perry to Cornel West to, sure why not, Harry Belafonte.

At another point in the interview, Boortz noted that Barack Obama also had not participated in the civil rights movement (Although, in all fairness to Obama, this may be because he was born in 1961). Later on, Boortz asked Cain how he’d do in a debate with Obama, which then prompted both men to agree that Obama has “never been a part of the black experience in America.”

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