And the biggest difference between Romney and Cain is…

Starting with my own experience as a college student, those of others, and Obama’s 2008 campaign, I’ve maintained that if you present yourself to America as “the black guy,” America will take you as such, vice versa. But the extent of that belief in my mind–or reality of it–hit me an hour ago in reference to Herman Cain’s campaign.

An hour ago, I wrote a piece about the differences between Mitt Romney and Herman Cain. As I went back to read it later, I realized that I had omitted the most glaring physical difference that many Americans would see between the two. It hadn’t even crossed my mind when I was writing. Is that my own bias or the reality of Cain’s campaign? Perhaps a bit of each.

Not to say not to call racism when one sees it, but Cain’s continued popularity among Republicans in South Carolina on the day of the says something! Some would say it’s all a charade. Maybe. Maybe Cain had no chance of becoming the Republican nominee. But they said the same thing about how Obama would never become the Democratic nominee!

It’s far from a perfect union but it’s sad to see so many “thought leaders” unable to transcend a Racist America narrative, thereby keeping themselves and so many young people in self-imposed chains.