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'''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)''.''<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Cane |first1=Clay |title=The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump |last2=Books |first2=Lavette |date=2024-01-30 |publisher=Sourcebooks |isbn=978-1-7282-9022-5 |location=Naperville, Illinois |language=English}}</ref> Cane is also the host of ''The Clay Cane Show'' on [[SiriusXM Urban View]] channel 126.
'''Clay Cane''' is a journalist, political commentator, radio host, and a New York Times bestselling author. He is the director and creator of the BET documentary ''Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay in the Church'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bet.com/video/celebrity/2015/holler-if-you-hear-me/holler-if-you-hear-me-black-and-gay-in-the-church-full-doc.html |title=BET.com's ''Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay in the Church'' |publisher=BET.com |date= |accessdate=November 3, 2015}}</ref> which was nominated for a 2016 [[GLAAD Media Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bet.com/news/celebrities/2016/01/27/bet-receives-glaad-award-nomination-for-holler-if-you-hear.html |title=BET Receives GLAAD Award Nomination for ''Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay in the Church'' |publisher=BET.com |date= |accessdate=January 27, 2016}}</ref> He authored ''Live Through This: Surviving the Intersections of Sexuality, God, and Race'',<ref>{{cite book|title= Live Through This: Surviving the Intersections of Sexuality, God, and Race |date= June 13, 2017|isbn= 978-1627782180 |last1= Cane |first1= Clay |publisher= Start Publishing LLC}}</ref> released June 2017. Cane is also the host of ''The Clay Cane Show'' on [[SiriusXM Urban View]] channel 126. Additionally, he is the author of the instant New York Times bestseller ''The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans From the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump.''

==Early life and education==
Cane earned a bachelor's degree in English and African-American Studies from [[Rutgers University]]. He was a member of academic honor society [[Phi Beta Kappa]].


==Career==
==Career==
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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BET Receives GLAAD Award Nomination for Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay in the Church |url=https://www.bet.com/article/1xgu4h/bet-receives-glaad-nomination-for-holler-if-you-hear-me |access-date= 2024-03-11 |website=BET.com |language= en}}</ref>
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]], [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[Fox News Channel|FOX]], [[VH1]], [[CNN]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/25/opinions/black-trump-supporter-fraud-scherie-murray-cane/index.html|title=Black Trump backers make his racial hypocrisy even more obvious|last=Cane|first=Clay|website=CNN|date=July 26, 2019|access-date=2019-09-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.greatblackspeakers.com/author/claycane/|title=Clay Cane|website=Great Black Speakers|language=en|access-date=2019-09-27}}</ref> and [[MSNBC]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rawstory.com/trumpism-rick-tyler-both-sides/ | title='That's lunacy': MSNBC's Rick Tyler shutdown after claiming Biden and Trump are 'both sides of the same coin' | date=September 4, 2022 }}</ref>


Cane's commentary has been heard on [[MTV]], [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[Fox News Channel|FOX]], [[VH1]], [[CNN]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/25/opinions/black-trump-supporter-fraud-scherie-murray-cane/index.html|title=Black Trump backers make his racial hypocrisy even more obvious|last=Cane|first=Clay|website=CNN.com |date= July 26, 2019| access-date= 2019-09-27}}</ref> and [[MSNBC]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rawstory.com/trumpism-rick-tyler-both-sides/ | title='That's lunacy': MSNBC's Rick Tyler shutdown after claiming Biden and Trump are 'both sides of the same coin' | website= rawstory.com | publisher= | date= September 4, 2022 | accessdate=}}</ref> On February 24, 2016, [[The White House]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/white-house-screen-documentary-about-homophobia-black-church|title=White House to screen documentary about homophobia in the black church |publisher= | website=MSNBC.com |date= February 23, 2016|accessdate= February 23, 2016}}</ref> 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''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cane |first=Clay |title=Live Through This: Surviving the Intersections of Sexuality, God, and Race |date=2017-06-13 |publisher= Cleis Press |isbn=978-1-62778-218-0 |location=Jersey City, New Jersey |language= en}}</ref> In 2024, he released the ''New York Times'' bestseller<ref>{{Cite news |title=Hardcover Nonfiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - March 3, 2024 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2024/03/03/hardcover-nonfiction/ |access-date=2024-03-11 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans From the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump''.
Cane was the host of ''Clay Cane Live'', a weekly call-in and political radio talk show on [[WWRL]] 1600AM, which was home to radio programs for [[Reverend Al Sharpton]] and [[Ed Schultz]]. After 86 years, the station aired its final broadcast in December 2013. In November 2017, Cane returned to radio on [[SiriusXM Urban View]] channel 126 for ''The Clay Cane Show,'' which has included interviews with Vice President [[Kamala Harris]], Secretary [[Pete Buttigieg]], [[Dan Rather]], [[Tyler Perry]], Georgia Senator [[Raphael Warnock]], [[Michael Eric Dyson]], Reverend [[Jesse Jackson]], and more. In 2022, the radio program was honored with the Best Regularly Scheduled Social Justice Program award from the [[New York Festivals Radio Awards]] for Cane's ''Exonerated'' series, which features interviews with the wrongfully convicted.

He was previously a member of [[New York Film Critics Online]] and the [[Broadcast Television Journalists Association]].

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''. Premiering at [[NYU]] in November 2015, the film explored homophobia in the black church by tackling the intersections of race, gender, sexuality and religion. The film earned a 2016 GLAAD Media Award nomination for Outstanding Digital Journalism and a [[Black Reel Awards|Black Reel Award]] nomination for Best Television Documentary or Special. In February 2016, [[The White House]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/white-house-screen-documentary-about-homophobia-black-church|title=White House to screen documentary about homophobia in the black church |publisher=MSNBC |date= February 23, 2016|accessdate=February 23, 2016}}</ref> featured Cane as a [[Black History Month]] speaker along with a screening of the documentary.

Cane is the author of ''Live Through This: Surviving the Intersections of Sexuality, God, and Race.'' The book was published via [[Cleis Press]] in 2017. [[Publishers Weekly]] called the book, "Cane’s observations on the intersections of class and race, which do not shy away from the quagmire of being poor in America, resonate in today’s fraught political climate. Even when he addresses painful issues such as domestic violence, sexual exploitation, food insecurity, and inadequate mental health care, he retains humor and compassion."

''The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans From the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump'', published by [[Sourcebooks (publisher)|Sourcebooks]], was released in 2024 and became an instant New York Times bestseller.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Hardcover Nonfiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/hardcover-nonfiction/ |access-date=2024-02-12 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The book, part history and part cultural analysis, chronicles the complicated history of Black Republicans. ''The View'' host Whoopi Goldberg called the book "required reading."<ref>{{Citation |title=Author Clay Cane Traces Roots of Black Republicans to Modern Day in 'The Grift' {{!}} The View |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhWxmEJieFE |access-date=2024-02-12 |language=en}}</ref>


==Published works==
==Published works==
*''The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans From the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump'' (Sourcebooks, 2024)<ref>{{cite book|title=''The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans From the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump'' |date= January 30, 2024|isbn=978-1728290225 |last1=Cane |first1=Clay |publisher= Sourcebooks, Incorporated}}</ref>
*{{cite book|title=The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans From the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump |date= January 30, 2024|isbn=978-1728290225 |last1=Cane |first1=Clay |publisher= Sourcebooks, Incorporated}}
*''Live Through This: Surviving the Intersections of Sexuality, God, and Race'' (Cleis Press, 2017)<ref>{{cite book|title=''Live Through This: Surviving the Intersections of Sexuality, God, and Race'' |date= June 13, 2017|isbn=978-1627782180 |last1=Cane |first1=Clay |publisher= Start Publishing LLC}}</ref>
*{{cite book|title= Live Through This: Surviving the Intersections of Sexuality, God, and Race |date= June 13, 2017|isbn= 978-1627782180 |last1=Cane |first1=Clay |publisher= Start Publishing LLC}}
*''Where Did Our Love Go: Love and Relationships in the African-American Community'' (Agate Bolden, 2013)<ref>{{cite book|title=''Where Did Our Love Go: Love and Relationships in the African-American Community'' |isbn=978-1932841701 |last1=Gil l. Robertson |first1=IV |year=2013 |publisher=Agate }}</ref>
*{{cite book|title= For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Still Not Enough: Coming of Age, Coming Out, and Coming Home |isbn= 978-1936833153 |last1=Boykin |first1=Keith |year=2012 |publisher=Magnus Books }}
*{{cite book|title= Where Did Our Love Go: Love and Relationships in the African-American Community |isbn=978-1932841701 |first= Gil l. IV| last= Robertson |first1= |year= 2013 |publisher=Agate }}
*''For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Still Not Enough: Coming of Age, Coming Out, and Coming Home'' (Magnus, 2012)<ref>{{cite book|title=''For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Still Not Enough: Coming of Age, Coming Out, and Coming Home'' |isbn=978-1936833153 |last1=Boykin |first1=Keith |year=2012 |publisher=Magnus Books }}</ref>


== References ==
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==External links==
==External links==

*{{Official website|http://www.claycane.net}}
*{{IMDb name|4001570}}
*{{IMDb name|4001570}}
*{{Rotten Tomatoes|critic/clay-cane}}
*{{Rotten Tomatoes|critic/clay-cane}}
*[http://www.msnbc.com/melissa-harris-perry/watch/documentary-examines-being-gay-in-the-church-560586819595 Melissa Harris-Perry Interviews Clay Cane About ''Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay in the Church'']
*[http://www.msnbc.com/melissa-harris-perry/watch/documentary-examines-being-gay-in-the-church-560586819595 Melissa Harris-Perry Interviews Clay Cane About ''Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay in the Church'']
*[https://www.gawker.com/the-black-church-a-haven-and-a-hardship-for-the-lgbt-c-1740591777 The Black Church: A Haven and a Hardship for Its LGBT Members (Interview With Clay Cane)]{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/holler-if-you-hear-me-black-and-gay-in-the-church_us_5638d311e4b00a4d2e0bdd3a Documentary Explores The Reality Of Being Black And Gay In The Church]
*[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/holler-if-you-hear-me-black-and-gay-in-the-church_us_5638d311e4b00a4d2e0bdd3a Documentary Explores The Reality Of Being Black And Gay In The Church]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV8E3_1hNW4 Janet Mock & Clay Cane in Conversation on Being Black & LGBT]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV8E3_1hNW4 Janet Mock & Clay Cane in Conversation on Being Black & LGBT]
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Clay Cane
BornUnited States
OccupationJournalist, author, television personality
EducationRutgers 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.

Early life and education

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Cane earned a bachelor's degree in English and African-American Studies from Rutgers University. He was a member of academic honor society Phi Beta Kappa.

Career

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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.[2]

Cane's commentary has been heard on MTV, ABC, FOX, VH1, CNN,[3] and MSNBC.[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 bestseller[7] The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans From the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump.

Published works

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  • 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.
  • Cane, Clay (June 13, 2017). Live Through This: Surviving the Intersections of Sexuality, God, and Race. Start Publishing LLC. ISBN 978-1627782180.
  • 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.
  • Robertson, Gil l. IV (2013). Where Did Our Love Go: Love and Relationships in the African-American Community. Agate. ISBN 978-1932841701.

References

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  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. ^ "BET Receives GLAAD Award Nomination for Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay in the Church". BET.com. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  3. ^ Cane, Clay (July 26, 2019). "Black Trump backers make his racial hypocrisy even more obvious". CNN.com. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  4. ^ "'That's lunacy': MSNBC's Rick Tyler shutdown after claiming Biden and Trump are 'both sides of the same coin'". rawstory.com. September 4, 2022.
  5. ^ "White House to screen documentary about homophobia in the black church". MSNBC.com. 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, New Jersey: Cleis Press. ISBN 978-1-62778-218-0.
  7. ^ "Hardcover Nonfiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - March 3, 2024". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
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