Hermain Cain came to Ben Carson’s defense on Wednesday, publishing an essay identifying himself as “a house negro” after a Michigan newspaper disparagingly identified Carson the same way.
“That’s one of the names you get called by other black people when you are a success at something, and you do not buy into ‘black group think,’ or act and say what they want you to say,” Cain wrote.
In the essay, titled “House Negroes stand up!,” Cain praised Carson’s work as U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and dismissed those who criticize him for his loyalty to President Donald Trump.