What is it in my DNA that years ago prompted me to forgo the
ease of cruise control and take on the enormous challenge of
doing my part toward making America a better place for my
granddaughter and the generations to come?
Why do I,
a son of the segregated South, refuse to think of myself as
a “victim” of racism?
What is it that motivates me to
insist on defining my identity in terms of “ABC”—as being
American first, black second, and Conservative third?
Just who is Herman Cain? And how did I get this way?
Just a hint: it may have had something to do with
lessons learned from my parents, Lenora and Luther Cain, Jr.
—From This Is Herman