Herman Cain Says Trump Doesn't Have 'A Racist Bone In His Body'

Herman Cain recently scoffed at the allegations accusing President Donald Trump of being racist.

“I don’t think Donald Trump has a racist bone in his body. And you can quote me on that,” Cain said in an interview with Yahoo News. “I have known him for many years. I have talked to people who work directly for him. The man is a businessman. How could he be a racist? His daughter married a person whose religious belief is Jewish. Good! He doesn’t go around making statements that are racist in nature. No, he says things where some people out there — especially people who don’t like him — try to spin it as being racist.”

On several occasions, Trump has referred to himself as "the least racist person." However, his statements on Charlottesville, Virginia, his history of running racially-charged attack ads and his recent "sh*thole countries" controversy have his critics unsure whether Trump is as tolerant as Cain claims.

According to Cain, critics need to put aside Trump’s language and personality. He instead urges them to focus on the results of Trump's policies in order to truly measure the success of his first-year in office.

Cain said he would give year one an "A" because Trump rolled back regulations and signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which he called “one of the biggest legislative achievements in 30 years.”

When it comes to Trump's campaign rhetoric (including when Trump said the following about Mexican immigrants: "They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."), Cain said that he never observed anything at Trump’s campaign events that would indicate he harbors any animus toward minorities.

Herman Cain recently scoffed at the allegations accusing President Donald Trump of being racist.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t think Donald Trump has a racist bone in his body. And you can quote me on that,” Cain said in an interview with \u003Ca href=\"https://www.yahoo.com/news/herman-cain-says-trump-doesnt-racist-bone-body-180726069.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Yahoo News\u003C/a>. “I have known him for many years. I have talked to people who work directly for him. The man is a businessman. How could he be a racist? His daughter married a person whose religious belief is Jewish. Good! He doesn’t go around making statements that are racist in nature. No, he says things where some people out there — especially people who don’t like him — try to spin it as being racist.”\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>On several occasions, Trump has referred to himself as "the least racist person." However, his statements on \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/donald-trump-charlottesville-winery-both-sides-blame-violence\">Charlottesville\u003C/a>, Virginia, his history of running \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/ava-duvernay-calls-out-trump-for-his-hypocrisy-role-in-the-central-park-five-conviction\">racially-charged attack ads\u003C/a> and his recent \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/trump-reportedly-fussed-about-shthole-countries-like-haiti-and-other-african-nations-for-flocking-to-the-us\">"sh*thole countries" controversy\u003C/a> have his critics unsure whether Trump is as tolerant as Cain claims.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>According to Cain, critics need to put aside Trump’s language and personality. He instead urges them to focus on the results of Trump's policies in order to truly measure the success of his first-year in office.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Cain said he would give year one an "A" because Trump rolled back regulations and signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which he called “one of the biggest legislative achievements in 30 years.”\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>When it comes to Trump's campaign rhetoric (including when Trump said the following about \u003Ca href=\"http://time.com/4473972/donald-trump-mexico-meeting-insult/\">Mexican immigrants\u003C/a>: "They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."), Cain said that he never observed anything at Trump’s campaign events that would indicate he harbors any animus toward minorities.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp content='“When he was campaigning, I spoke at three of his rallies. There were plenty of black people and Hispanic people there trying to help him get elected. I never saw him try to put anybody down. The people who don’t like him are trying to stick him with a racist label, which is not true,” Cain said. At a campaign rally in Atlanta, he vouched for Trump as a \u003Ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/19/us/politics/behind-herman-cains-humor-a-question-of-seriousness.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">“shucky ducky” kind of candidate.\u003C/a> Trump received \u003Ca href=\"http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/09/behind-trumps-victory-divisions-by-race-gender-education/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">8 percent\u003C/a> of votes by black people in 2016.’ data-reactid=”26″ type=”text”>“When he was campaigning, I spoke at three of his rallies. There were plenty of black people and Hispanic people there trying to help him get elected," Cain said. "I never saw him try to put anybody down. The people who don’t like him are trying to stick him with a racist label, which is not true."\u003C/p>\n",[23,27],{"name":24,"slug":25,"id":26},"News","news",83,{"name":28,"slug":29,"id":30},"Politics","politics",120,[32,36],{"id":33,"name":34,"slug":35,"description":10,"image":10},37278,"Donald trump","donald-trump",{"id":37,"name":38,"slug":39,"description":10,"image":10},31431,"Herman Cain","herman-cain",{"url":41,"thumbnail":41,"credit":42,"title":10,"alt":10,"type":43},"https://res.cloudinary.com/blavity/image/upload/v1518555094/hlftrwf7fqctilz89h1b","Photo: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons","image","2018-02-13T16:18:42-05:00","default",[],false,{"disableAd":47,"disableConnatixPlayer":47,"enabledComments":49,"headScript":50},true,null,"https://storage.googleapis.com/blavitynews/images/fallback.jpg","article",{"list":54,"total":206},[55,122,159],{"id":56,"author":57,"authors":65,"title":67,"subTitle":10,"excerpt":10,"slug":68,"body":69,"categories":70,"tags":83,"featuredMedia":112,"publishedAt":118,"updatedAt":119,"type":45,"listicle":120,"disableContentGate":47,"isDisabledListicleNumbers":47,"canonicalUrl":10,"socialThumbnail":113,"additional":121},72850073,{"id":58,"avatar":59,"firstName":10,"lastName":10,"displayName":60,"email":61,"username":62,"normalizedUsername":63,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":64},94449,"https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/33shoot-1-compress.jpg","Kahlil Haywood","kahlil.haywood@blavity.com","Kahlil-haywood","kahlil-haywood","2021-10-11T00:00:00+00:00",[66],{"id":58,"avatar":59,"firstName":10,"lastName":10,"displayName":60,"email":61,"username":62,"normalizedUsername":63,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":64},"Do We Need Coco Gauff And Aryna Sabalenka To Be Besties?","coco-gauff-aryna-sabalenka-besties","\n\u003Cp>After \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/blavity-original/coco-gauff-serena-williams-comparisons\">Coco Gauff’s\u003C/a> amazing comeback win over Aryna Sabalenka in the \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/rising-black-tennis-players-you-need-to-know\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">French Open\u003C/a> this year, emotions soared high. For Gauff, it was yet another career milestone in her young journey. She overcame her competitive rival in Sabalenka once again. In what fans would consider just really great matches, we’ve been able to enjoy the rivalry for just that; the matches. For Sabalenka, the agony of defeat couldn’t be missed. In so many words, she mentioned in her post-match conference that Gauff didn’t actually beat her; it was more like she beat herself.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-sabalenka-heel-turn\">The Sabalenka heel turn\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe title=\"Aryna Sabalenka’s press conference after losing the French Open Final to Coco Gauff #tennis\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/otKEv97-kcY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C/iframe>\n\u003C/div>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Those remarks were widely met with negativity from pundits and fans alike. For Black fans especially, we’re very protective of Gauff. Microaggressions like these aren’t anything that we’re strangers to. And we know the type of stock Gauff comes from, her folks aren’t aloof enough to any degree to understand what was happening there. In her defeat, it was Sabalenka that would stoop to such unsportsmanlike levels to diminish what Gauff accomplished.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It was further disappointing to me because I thought in the past that Sabalenka was rather gracious in defeat. We remember the U.S. Open in 2023. Gauff bested her in that match as well. But in defeat, an emotional Sabalenka was gracious. For that, I gained tons of respect for her. I saw how hard she competed and thought, “Damn it, Coco had to take this thing, it wasn’t given.” In 2023 Sabalenka referenced the boos she received in Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, New York. it was an away game for her, competing in the States. It was clear that lack of support weighed on her. In fact, I may have been a bit sympathetic to her because of that recognition.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe title=\"Coco responds to Sabalenka after winning Roland-Garros 👀\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/VmQqTFle1rg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C/iframe>\n\u003C/div>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>But that all goes out of the window when you go out of your way to be dismissive of another competitor. A competitor who simply played the right way, and did the right things, at the right time. Winners find a way to win, there’s really nothing more to it. It’s all about intestinal fortitude. On the day of the French Open, Gauff had it in spades.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-reconciliation-between-coco-gauff-and-aryna-sabalenka\">The reconciliation between Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Sabalenka walked back her comments some days later while probably realizing how horrible they were received. She residually gave credit to Gauff, but the damage was done as far as I was concerned.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As we fast forward to the present day, the ladies were seen training for Wimbledon together and seemingly getting along rather well. From friendly daps to TikTok dance routines, these young ladies are seemingly moving on.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In the words of Gauff “The olive branch was extended and accepted! 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border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\">\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/a>\u003Cp style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">\u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLaOmEXsdMO/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Aryna Sabalenka (@arynasabalenka)\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\u003C/div>\u003C/blockquote>\n\u003Cscript async src=\"//www.instagram.com/embed.js\">\u003C/script>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-future-for-coco-gauff-and-aryna-sabalenka\">The future for Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>People don’t want to believe that Gauff was asked to peace things up to help clean up Sabalenka’s image. However, if this is what was genuinely on the heart of Gauff, then bless her sweet self. That’s a champion for you. As for us, the Black contingent that doesn’t take kindly to passive aggressiveness of we wanted more smoke. We were ready for their next match-up. And honestly, when it gets back to that point, we’ll see if this here is just a moment or if this sisterhood is a real thing\u003C/p>\n",[71,75,79],{"name":72,"slug":73,"id":74},"Culture","culture",118,{"name":76,"slug":77,"id":78},"Opinion","opinion",114,{"name":80,"slug":81,"id":82},"Sports","sports",93,[84,88,92,96,100,104,108],{"id":85,"name":86,"slug":87,"description":10,"image":10},11283,"Blavity-Original","blavity-original",{"id":89,"name":90,"slug":91,"description":10,"image":10},49835,"Coco Gauff","coco-gauff-2",{"id":93,"name":94,"slug":95,"description":10,"image":10},24050,"French Open","french-open-2",{"id":97,"name":98,"slug":99,"description":10,"image":10},36517,"Serena Williams","serena-williams-2",{"id":101,"name":102,"slug":103,"description":10,"image":10},31316,"Tennis","tennis",{"id":105,"name":106,"slug":107,"description":10,"image":10},44529,"top stories","top-stories",{"id":109,"name":110,"slug":111,"description":10,"image":10},27516,"US Open","us-open-2",{"url":113,"thumbnail":114,"credit":115,"title":116,"alt":117,"type":43},"https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/GettyImages-2222458744-Cropped.jpg","https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/GettyImages-2222458744-Cropped-150x94.jpg","Photo: Tim Clayton/Getty Images","Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka","Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka create content for social media after training together on Centre Court","2025-07-04T18:22:37-04:00","2025-07-04T18:22:42-04:00",[],{"disableAd":47,"disableConnatixPlayer":47,"enabledComments":47,"headScript":10},{"id":123,"author":124,"authors":125,"title":127,"subTitle":10,"excerpt":10,"slug":128,"body":129,"categories":130,"tags":134,"featuredMedia":149,"publishedAt":155,"updatedAt":156,"type":45,"listicle":157,"disableContentGate":47,"isDisabledListicleNumbers":47,"canonicalUrl":10,"socialThumbnail":150,"additional":158},72846119,{"id":58,"avatar":59,"firstName":10,"lastName":10,"displayName":60,"email":61,"username":62,"normalizedUsername":63,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":64},[126],{"id":58,"avatar":59,"firstName":10,"lastName":10,"displayName":60,"email":61,"username":62,"normalizedUsername":63,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":64},"Is A New Head Coach The Answer For The Knicks?","knicks-new-head-coach-the-answer","\n\u003Cp>Somehow, even with the \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/blavity-original/did-new-york-knicks-win-in-trade-with-timberwolves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York Knicks’\u003C/a> premature elimination from this year’s \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/blavity-original/michael-jordan-nbc-sports-joining\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NBA\u003C/a> playoffs, they manage to still make headlines. The firing of now-former Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau was met with mixed reactions. After coaching the Knicks to their first conference finals in 25 years, he was relieved of his duties after five seasons. It should be noted that the Knicks’ roster was different and much improved from last season. But the fact still remained that this was Thibodeau’s first year with this roster. So, the foundational question here? Did the Knicks pull the trigger too soon on a coaching change?\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-it-s-hard-to-say-if-his-firing-was-a-rushed-decision\">It’s hard to say if his firing was a rushed decision\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Yes, on the surface, he did bring the New York Knicks back to prominence in the NBA and in New York City. And sure, he has gotten them further with his coaching philosophies than anyone else in the past 25 years. However, there have been signs throughout this past season and postseason that let us know that not all was rosy in the locker room.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>When it comes to how many minutes Thibodeau plays his star players, it’s well documented that he essentially runs them into the ground during the regular season. His mentality is that he is preparing their conditioning for what’s needed in a long postseason run. Midway through this past season, Knicks forward Mikal Bridges reportedly told Thibodeau that he needed to ease up on the minutes during a meeting. Thibodeau is usually listed high on the league’s list of coaches players don’t want to play for.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/z_WciB9Vo9k?si=FuHNpR0iRUlBubJG\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C/iframe>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-derrick-rose-of-it-all\">The Derrick Rose of it all \u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The NBA’s youngest ever league MVP was Thibodeau’s star point guard for the Chicago Bulls for eight years. Within that time, Derrick Rose suffered several devastating knee injuries that some attribute to his body fatiguing from playing long minutes.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Players and fans alike have been clamoring for Thibodeau to utilize his bench a bit more to allow for his starters to get more rest. But ever so stubborn, Thibodeau rarely went beyond playing seven guys. In this year’s playoffs, Thibodeau went deeper into his bench when the team was in dire straits. That was another indictment of his philosophies that I believe rubbed the Knicks’ brass the wrong way.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-it-s-simply-time-for-a-new-voice\">It’s simply time for a new voice\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Yes, winning does cure everything, and if the Knicks went to the NBA Finals, we probably wouldn’t be having this discussion. But as I like to say, “If wishes were fishes, the world would be an ocean.” We can’t do anything about what could’ve been. We only have the now. Although the Knicks’ coaching search has gotten off to a stale start, I believe we’ll see a more dynamic offensive team next season.\u003C/p>\n",[131,132,133],{"name":72,"slug":73,"id":74},{"name":76,"slug":77,"id":78},{"name":80,"slug":81,"id":82},[135,136,140,144,148],{"id":85,"name":86,"slug":87,"description":10,"image":10},{"id":137,"name":138,"slug":139,"description":10,"image":10},46638,"Derrick Rose","derrick-rose",{"id":141,"name":142,"slug":143,"description":10,"image":10},38996,"NBA","nba",{"id":145,"name":146,"slug":147,"description":10,"image":10},38108,"New York Knicks","new-york-knicks-2",{"id":105,"name":106,"slug":107,"description":10,"image":10},{"url":150,"thumbnail":151,"credit":152,"title":153,"alt":154,"type":43},"https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/GettyImages-2192046870-Cropped.jpg","https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/GettyImages-2192046870-Cropped-150x94.jpg","Photo: Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images","Untitled","Precious Achiuwa talks with Tom Thibodeau of the New York Knicks","2025-06-29T18:09:31-04:00","2025-06-29T22:53:22-04:00",[],{"disableAd":47,"disableConnatixPlayer":47,"enabledComments":47,"headScript":10},{"id":160,"author":161,"authors":168,"title":170,"subTitle":10,"excerpt":10,"slug":171,"body":172,"categories":173,"tags":182,"featuredMedia":195,"publishedAt":201,"updatedAt":202,"type":45,"listicle":203,"disableContentGate":47,"isDisabledListicleNumbers":47,"canonicalUrl":10,"socialThumbnail":204,"additional":205},72848537,{"id":162,"avatar":163,"firstName":10,"lastName":10,"displayName":164,"email":165,"username":166,"normalizedUsername":166,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":167},99591,"https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_1020-2-compress.jpg","Aria Bell","aria.bell@blavity.com","ariabell","2022-08-29T17:13:08+00:00",[169],{"id":162,"avatar":163,"firstName":10,"lastName":10,"displayName":164,"email":165,"username":166,"normalizedUsername":166,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":167},"Black-Owned Food Delivery App Ranks Ahead Of Uber Eats And Others After Viral TikTok","black-owned-food-delivery-app-ranks-ahead-uber-eats","\n\u003Cp>The \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/shaboozey-amas-reaction-megan-moroney-carter-family\">viral\u003C/a> success of a video uploaded to TikTok courtesy of a pair of siblings is helping one of them gain immense visibility for his \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/red-lobster-seafood-boils\">new food\u003C/a> delivery platform. Lucious Daniel IV is the founder of \u003Ca href=\"https://www.bitesight.com/\">BiteSight\u003C/a>, which claims to be a mash-up of TikTok and DoorDash, offering 150,000 dishes to customers. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-bitesight\">What is BiteSight?\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>To showcase her brother’s new digital platform, Kendall McDaniel, who is the sister of Lucious, began the \u003Ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@realeater.flou/video/7517648679847693623?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7519956884632471054\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TikTok video\u003C/a> by saying, “My brother is going to show you the app that he built, and y’all are going to like it.” She then moves out of the way but remains in the background in a bodyguard stance with her arms crossed so Lucious can explain what his app offers.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“I built this app, and it’s like TikTok meets Doordash,” Lucious said. “You can scroll on videos of food and anything you see, you can actually order and get it delivered, like right to your door.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“I built this because, you know, I wanted to see all my friends’ favorite food delivery spots,” he added. “And so now, I can go to their profile, see the places they liked, and what they rated them. Everything you see, you can get delivered in like 15 minutes. It’s like really cool.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@realeater.flou/video/7517648679847693623\" data-video-id=\"7517648679847693623\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\"> \u003Csection> \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" title=\"@realeater.flou\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@realeater.flou?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">@realeater.flou\u003C/a> \u003Cp>It’s called BiteSight and it’s really fun I promise 🙂 \u003Ca title=\"foodelivery\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/foodelivery?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#foodelivery\u003C/a> \u003Ca title=\"nyc\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/nyc?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#nyc\u003C/a> \u003Ca title=\"founder\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/founder?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#founder\u003C/a> \u003C/p> \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" title=\"♬ original sound - Lucious ~ Building BiteSight🍔\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7517648913336208141?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">♬ original sound – Lucious ~ Building BiteSight🍔\u003C/a> \u003C/section> \u003C/blockquote> \u003Cscript async src=\"https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js\">\u003C/script>\n\u003C/div>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The upload, which now has 3.6 million views and counting, was positively received by the public, who seem to be rooting for Lucious.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“So i can replace doordash?? 💓,” one person wrote\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“Holdddd on this is genius !!!!” someone else commented.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“Omg this is such a great idea!!! Hope this blows up,” another person agreed.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bitesight-is-ahead-of-uber-eats-and-domino-s-thanks-to-its-viral-success\">BiteSight is ahead of Uber Eats and Domino’s thanks to its viral success\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>After receiving an overwhelming response, Lucious followed up with an update \u003Ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@realeater.flou/video/7517927543379332365\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video\u003C/a> on TikTok with the caption that read, “Can’t thank you all enough for supporting our vision! Follow along for the journey \u003Ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/bitesight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#Bitesight\u003C/a>\u003Ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fooddelivery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#fooddelivery\u003C/a> \u003Ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/nyc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#nyc\u003C/a>.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>He shared a screen recording that showed BightSight had jumped to the No. 6 spot on Apple’s App “Food & Drink” Top Chart, ahead of recognized brands like Uber Eats, Domino’s Pizza, Instacart, ReciMe, Subway and Chipotle. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@realeater.flou/video/7517927543379332365\" data-video-id=\"7517927543379332365\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px\"> \u003Csection> \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" title=\"@realeater.flou\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@realeater.flou?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">@realeater.flou\u003C/a> Can’t thank you all enough for supporting our vision! Follow along for the journey \u003Ca title=\"bitesight\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/bitesight?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#Bitesight\u003C/a> \u003Ca title=\"fooddelivery\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fooddelivery?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#fooddelivery\u003C/a> \u003Ca title=\"nyc\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/nyc?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#nyc\u003C/a> \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" title=\"♬ MEET ME HALFWAY X I FOLLOW RIVERS - ALTÉGO\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/MEET-ME-HALFWAY-X-I-FOLLOW-RIVERS-7416054804928482080?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">♬ MEET ME HALFWAY X I FOLLOW RIVERS – ALTÉGO\u003C/a> \u003C/section> \u003C/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The innovative social food delivery app turns food ordering into a social and interactive experience, similar to scrolling through a personalized social feed, per the app’s description in the Apple App Store. Users can watch enticing, real-food videos from popular spots in New York City, share and see friends’ food choices, bookmark favorites and build personalized lists of top eateries. Features like ranking dishes, tracking favorites and showcasing go-to spots encourage community engagement and friendly competition among users.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>According to \u003Ca href=\"https://www.blackenterprise.com/bitesight-tops-ubereats-app-store-after-viral-tiktok/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Black Enterprise\u003C/a>, BiteSight secured $1.5 million in pre-seed funding from notable backers, including Y Combinator and SurgePoint Capital, as well as individual investments from Airbnb’s former chief operating officer.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For the moment, BightSight is currently only available to New York City foodies.\u003C/p>\n",[174,178],{"name":175,"slug":176,"id":177},"Black Owned Business","black-owned-business",70683,{"name":179,"slug":180,"id":181},"Small-Business","small-business",70681,[183,187,191,192],{"id":184,"name":185,"slug":186,"description":10,"image":10},75455,"BiteSight","bitesight",{"id":188,"name":189,"slug":190,"description":10,"image":10},1297,"Tiktok","tiktok",{"id":105,"name":106,"slug":107,"description":10,"image":10},{"id":193,"name":194,"slug":194,"description":10,"image":10},30863,"viral",{"url":196,"thumbnail":197,"credit":198,"title":199,"alt":200,"type":43},"https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/GettyImages-2170391613.jpg","https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/GettyImages-2170391613-150x100.jpg","Photo: Kmatta via Getty Images","unrecognizable cC","Food delivery service","2025-06-26T08:17:27-04:00","2025-06-29T22:54:21-04:00",[],"https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Untitled-design-5-6.jpg",{"disableAd":47,"disableConnatixPlayer":47,"enabledComments":47,"headScript":10},173,["Reactive",208],{},["Set"],["ShallowReactive",211],{"pageData":50,"L5mKWLzO22":50},"/herman-cain-says-trump-doesnt-have-a-racist-bone-in-his-body",["Reactive",214],{}]