Republican Presidential candidate Herman Cain has pointedly argued that blacks in America have been brainwashed, predisposed to reject conservative ideas and Republican candidates. This assertion would partially explain the commandeering 95% of black voters who support the Democratic Party cycle after cycle.
What do blacks have to show for their allegiance to one party? The dysfunction which plagues many ethnic neighborhoods, which limits access and opportunity, flows from a growing trust in the state. Yet many blacks, as Cain has asserted, are more conservative on social issues like abortion, gay marriage, and even school vouchers, the chief reform that would release many blacks from the cycle of poverty perpetuated by failing schools which do not educate children to succeed in a relentless world of competition.
Herman Cain is one of many blacks who have achieved much in spite of racial prejudice and profile. His candor is remarkable and commendable:
"I don't believe that racism in this country today holds anybody back in a big way." Academic columnist Thomas Sowell has repeatedly defending this finding in nations across the global and throughout recent history. Ethnic groups subject to overt discrimination actually fare very well economically, in spite of state force designed to privilege another class or ethnic group. The feel-good easy-handout politics of race-baiting appeal to an electorate demanding immediate answers, which provide distant politicians with one more term of power, yet furnish next to nothing for minorities still hankering after hope and change.
Race is a myth, and institutionalized racism is an excuse for many, one which has been moderated considerably, enough that the United States witnesses the election of a multi-ethnic President, whose narrow liberal interests have harmed everyone.
No longer can voters fall easily for the con that a politician of the same color has the same interests as his or her constituents of like-color. Herman Cain has made the case that the black man can do best when he does for himself, his rights protected and his nation secure from encroachment.