Clay Cane

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
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.

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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