Herman Cain Actually Wrote An Essay Called 'House Negros Stand Up!'

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Yes, Herman Cain actually wrote an op-ed titled "House Negros Stand Up!"

Responding to an opinion piece written by Michigan Chronicle senior editor Keith A. Owens titled "Shame of Detroit Ben Carson competes for House Negro of the Year Award," Cain came to Ben Carson's defense and wrote about how people also refer to him as a "house Negro."

"Being called a 'house Negro' is just one of the insulting names I have been called as an ABC (American Black Conservative), simply because I do not subscribe to the black liberal backward-looking narrative of black identity politics," Cain wrote. "Maybe that's why I have had multiple successful careers over the last 50 years, and name-calling has not stopped or slowed me down yet!"

"If being called a 'house Negro' is what some of us must endure for succeeding in this nation and thinking for ourselves, then let all of the "house Negroes" stand up and be counted," Cain continued.

Cain also briefly criticizes the ongoing debate about the removal of Confederate statues in public spaces throughout the country, writing "...there are a lot of successful black people in prominent positions in America, because some of us have chosen to focus on performance and productive opportunities, rather than on the past. This is especially true of the current waste of time and distractions about statues, and who owned slaves 200 years ago."

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Owens' op-ed was primarily centered around Carson's defending Donald Trump's remarks on the violence that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia, and not calling the 45th president out for not condemning Nazis and white supremacists.