The Issue: Whether a presidential race between two black men could signal an end to racism in America.
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Due to entrenched political correctness, there is still a long way to go for a truly colorblind society (“The Promise of Cain,” Linda Chavez, PostOpinion, Oct. 15).
Could a white man who has sat for 20 years in a church, listening to a preacher make racially vitriolic attacks run for president and win?
Racism is racism and should be treated as such in every circumstance.
Herb Eichen
Bayside
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In order to defeat President Obama, a Republican candidate must take away his nearly 100 percent support from Jewish and black voters.
Neither Mitt Romney nor any Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints candidate, for that matter, can hope to do that.
Only Cain and a female candidate for vice president can win.
Bob Friedland
British Columbia
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Five years ago, the only people in America who could not imagine a black president were Democrats and their ignorant assumption that Republicans were inherently racist.
Herman Cain has my vote, but whether or not he wins the primary or is named vice president, he’ll be a leader in the conservative movement for years to come.
God bless Cain.
Matthew Nugent
Staten Island
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I agree with Cain completely and have much in common with him.
I was born in southern Missouri and my family was poor.
A good-hearted neighbor gave me some of her daughter’s hand-me-downs. When I took them home, my mother sent me right back down the road to tell them, “Thanks, but no thanks.”
I was taught not to take charity but to stand up straight and be proud of who I am.
We all worked hard for our piece of the American dream.
Thank goodness for Cain for having the personal resolve to stand up and tell it like it is.
Ruth Skidmore
San Jose, Calif.