Owens asks us to consider the hardships of our ancestors and use this to compare our strife today. Ironically, we live in an era where there is “more insistence on rather than actual resistance against racism” (103). We don’t understand actual hardship and search for ways to make ourselves more important. Now, we are “fabricating oppression” and a lack of meaningful existence is leading some of us to “the never-ending pursuit of ‘social justice’ causes” (94). Owens notes that when “civil maturity is realized, when basic rights and liberties have been ensured for all” overcivilization occurs (93). Historically, feminism has not been inclusive Black women have been and continue to be left out of the goals of the feminist movement. She illustrates this with the story of Emmett Till, and how this case is a stark reminder of the “danger of unchecked allegations'' (76). Ironically, Owens points out that modern feminists are actually using southern racist tactics. It only advances certain voices and encourages philosophies like guilty before proven innocent in the hashtag #BelieveAllWomen. Owens notes that since Planned Parenthood provided abortions, “black women have terminated far more pregnancies than women of any other race” (61).įeminism, Owens notes, “has anything to do with its original search for equality” (66). The collapse of the family has also been a result of abortions which have been targeted at the Black community. Welfare has tied Black Americans to the government and hampers their success. His Great Society initiatives, Owens argues, were “a deliberate attack on the black family unit”, as it “marr black American to the government, via welfare” (50). Johnson as someone who significantly damaged the Black community. Owens notes that her conservatism was encouraged by Black conservatives like Larry Elder who forced her to reconsider the narrative that police brutality is inherently connected to racism and notice the destruction of the Black family unit. She rejected victimhood, and Black America, she argues, needs to reject the “victim narrative” and “return to our conservative roots” (39). This led her to consider, “What if the world is not happening to Candance Owens? What if Candance Owens is happening to the world?” (33). In 2013, Owens’ grandmother became sick, and when visiting her she was confronted with questions about herself.

In high school, Owens’ experienced a hate crime which she describes as fundamental to her early identity as a victim. Threshold Editions, 2020.īlackout opens with a description of Owen’s childhood, centered around her grandparents. Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation. The following version of this book was used to create the guide: Owens, Candace.

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