Rising Cain Candidacy Flips Traditional Narratives on Politics and Race

Rising Cain candidacy flips traditional narratives on politics and race
By Niall Stanage, The Hill - 10/10/11 05:30 AM ET

Herman Cain doesn’t fit snugly into the usual narrative about race and American politics.

It is not merely that the African-American businessman is coming on so strongly in the battle for the Republican presidential nomination.

It is that the bedrock of Cain’s support comes from demographic and ideological groups that are sometimes accused — falsely, they would say — of harboring racist tendencies.