| Clay Cane | |
| Birth Place: | United States |
| Occupation: | Journalist, author, television personality |
| Education: | Rutgers University |
| Notableworks: | The 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 |
| Awards: | New York Festivals Radio 2022 Awards, GMAD's 2016 James Baldwin Revolutionary Award. |
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.
Cane earned a bachelor's degree in English and African-American Studies from Rutgers University. He was a member of academic honor society Phi Beta Kappa.
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.[2]
Cane's commentary has been heard on MTV, ABC, FOX, VH1, CNN,[3] and MSNBC.[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 bestseller[7] The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans From the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump.