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Clay Cane
BornUnited States
OccupationJournalist, author, television personality
Education Rutgers University
Notable worksThe Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans From the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump,
Live Through This: Surviving the Intersections of Sexuality, God, and Race,
Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay in the Church
Notable awardsNew York Festivals Radio 2022 Awards, GMAD's 2016 James Baldwin Revolutionary Award.

Clay Cane is a journalist, author, political commentator, and radio host. He is the author of The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans From the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump (2024). [1] Cane is also the host of The Clay Cane Show on SiriusXM Urban View channel 126.

Career

A graduate of Rutgers University, Phi Beta Kappa, with a BA in English and African-American studies, Cane's commentary has been heard on MTV, ABC, FOX, VH1, CNN, [2] and MSNBC. [3]

Cane is the co-editor and contributing writer of the 2012 anthology For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Still Not Enough: Coming of Age, Coming Out, and Coming Home. He also contributed to Where Did Our Love Go: Love and Relationships in the African-American Community. In 2015, Cane created, directed and produced the BET.com original documentary Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay in the Church. The film explored homophobia in the black church by tackling the intersections of race, gender, sexuality and religion, earning a 2016 GLAAD Media Award nomination for Outstanding Digital Journalism. [4] On February 24, 2016, The White House [5] featured Cane as a Black History Month speaker along with a screening of the documentary. In 2017, he released Live Through This: Surviving the Intersections of Sexuality, God, and Race. [6] In 2024, he released the New York Times best seller [7] The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans From the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump.

Published works

  • The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans From the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump (Sourcebooks, 2024) [8]
  • Live Through This: Surviving the Intersections of Sexuality, God, and Race (Cleis Press, 2017) [9]
  • For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Still Not Enough: Coming of Age, Coming Out, and Coming Home (Magnus, 2012) [10]
  • Where Did Our Love Go: Love and Relationships in the African-American Community (Agate Bolden, 2013) [11]

References

  1. ^ Cane, Clay; Books, Lavette (January 30, 2024). The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump. Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks. ISBN  978-1-7282-9022-5.
  2. ^ Cane, Clay (July 26, 2019). "Black Trump backers make his racial hypocrisy even more obvious". CNN. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  3. ^ "'That's lunacy': MSNBC's Rick Tyler shutdown after claiming Biden and Trump are 'both sides of the same coin'". September 4, 2022.
  4. ^ "BET Receives GLAAD Award Nomination for Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay in the Church". BET. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  5. ^ "White House to screen documentary about homophobia in the black church". MSNBC. February 23, 2016. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  6. ^ Cane, Clay (June 13, 2017). Live Through This: Surviving the Intersections of Sexuality, God, and Race. Jersey City, NJ: Cleis Press. ISBN  978-1-62778-218-0.
  7. ^ "Hardcover Nonfiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - March 3, 2024 - The New York Times". The New York Times. ISSN  0362-4331. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  8. ^ Cane, Clay (January 30, 2024). The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans From the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump. Sourcebooks, Incorporated. ISBN  978-1728290225.
  9. ^ Cane, Clay (June 13, 2017). Live Through This: Surviving the Intersections of Sexuality, God, and Race. Start Publishing LLC. ISBN  978-1627782180.
  10. ^ Boykin, Keith (2012). For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Still Not Enough: Coming of Age, Coming Out, and Coming Home. Magnus Books. ISBN  978-1936833153.
  11. ^ Gil l. Robertson, IV (2013). Where Did Our Love Go: Love and Relationships in the African-American Community. Agate. ISBN  978-1932841701.

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