It’s interesting that Herman cheated with so many white women, and the one woman who came to the forefront who was not white had the last name WHITE. WOW. As an author, commentator and professional public speaker, I would debate Herman any time. But he is correct about a few things that African Americans need to face. There are economic policies, political policies, state and federal laws, prejudices, misperceptions and blatant acts of racism which are set in place to hold us back. Can they? For most African-Americans, yes they can because many of our people have no idea of how to overcome them. The slaves were freed by a Republican. Frederick Douglas was a Republican. And most of our people have inherited the political party of our slave masters – the Democratic Party. In the south, they had the slaves.