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.
Clay Cane | |
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| Born | United States |
| Occupation | Journalist, author, television personality |
| Education | Rutgers University |
| Notable works | The 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 awards | New York Festivals Radio 2022 Awards, GMAD's 2016 James Baldwin Revolutionary Award. |
Early life and education
editCane 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
editCane 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
edit- 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "BET Receives GLAAD Award Nomination for Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay in the Church". BET.com. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
- ^ Cane, Clay (July 26, 2019). "Black Trump backers make his racial hypocrisy even more obvious". CNN.com. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
- ^ "'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.
- ^ "White House to screen documentary about homophobia in the black church". MSNBC.com. February 23, 2016. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Hardcover Nonfiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - March 3, 2024". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
External links
edit- Clay Cane at IMDb
- Clay Cane at Rotten Tomatoes
- Melissa Harris-Perry Interviews Clay Cane About Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay in the Church
- Documentary Explores The Reality Of Being Black And Gay In The Church
- Janet Mock & Clay Cane in Conversation on Being Black & LGBT
- TheGrio Interviews Clay Cane About New LGBT Radio Show