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CPAC 2019: Candace Owens claims racism is over, because "I've never been a slave" The conservative commentator drew sharp criticism after she attempted to refute the existence of racism in America
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CLOISTER
Mar 5, 2019, 1:54:51 PM3/5/19
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Candace Owens, the director of communications for student group Turning Point USA, drew sharp criticism on Friday after she attempted to refute the existence of racism by explaining that she herself has never been a slave.
"America is not a racist country," the black conservative provocateur said during a conservative convention. "Stop selling us our own oppression. Stop taking away our self-confidence by telling us that we can't because of racism, because of slavery."
"I've never been a slave in this country," Owens declared.
Owens, a prominent conservative commentator and frequent Fox News guest, made the controversial comments Friday at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, which touts itself as "the birthplace of modern conservatism." Her comments came under intense scrutiny on Twitter, where users, including sports journalist Jemele Hill, cited the lawsuit she filed in 2007 after accusing a group of teens of leaving her threatening and racist messages while she was a high school student. Owens won the lawsuit and received a $37,500 settlement.
"So I guess when she sued — and won — a lawsuit after receiving threats then she must have been in some other country," Hill tweeted Friday.
"Yup. I guess racism ended just after @RealCandaceO Owens lawsuit over....racism," journalist Roland Martin wrote on Twitter. "Whatever. She's a joke."
Journalist Dean Obeidallah called Owens' words "beyond irresponsible" and "truly evil" on Twitter. He claimed she is emboldening white conservatives to believe "the real victim of racism in America is white people."
Owens emerged as a conservative firebrand last year after rapper Kanye West tweeted positively about her. But the rapper distanced himself from the right-wing activist after she falsely claimed that he had designed the logo for "Blexit," her campaign devoted to convincing black voters to leave the Democratic Party and vote Republican.
Following the T-shirt scandal, Owens found herself under fire again. In December, the pro-Trump activist faced backlash after she appeared to defend Adolf Hitler's plan for Germany, calling it "OK" while speaking in London — the same city that the Nazi dictator bombed nearly 80 years ago. Owens, at the time, was asked by an audience member for her thoughts on nationalism in Western politics. In her response, Owens claimed "nationalism" had been given a negative reputation before bringing up Hitler.
"I actually don't have any problems at all with the word 'nationalism,'" Owens said. "I think that the definition gets positioned by elitists that actually want globalism. Globalism is what I don't want . . . Whenever we say nationalism, the first thing people think about, at least in America, is Hitler."
"He was a national socialist," she continued, "but if Hitler just wanted to make Germany great and have things run well, OK. Fine. The problem is that he wanted, he had dreams outside of Germany. He wanted to globalize. He wanted everybody to be German, everybody to be speaking German, everybody to look a different way. To me, that's not nationalism. In thinking about how we could go bad down the line, I don't really have an issue with nationalism. I really don't."
Owens dismissed the controversy and blamed "leftist journalists" for mischaracterizing her remarks. In clarifying her comments, she said Hitler was "a homicidal, psychotic maniac" and there is "no excuse or defense ever for . . . everything that he did."
SHIRA TARLO
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"America is not a racist country," the black conservative provocateur said during a conservative convention. "Stop selling us our own oppression. Stop taking away our self-confidence by telling us that we can't because of racism, because of slavery."
"I've never been a slave in this country," Owens declared.
Owens, a prominent conservative commentator and frequent Fox News guest, made the controversial comments Friday at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, which touts itself as "the birthplace of modern conservatism." Her comments came under intense scrutiny on Twitter, where users, including sports journalist Jemele Hill, cited the lawsuit she filed in 2007 after accusing a group of teens of leaving her threatening and racist messages while she was a high school student. Owens won the lawsuit and received a $37,500 settlement.
"So I guess when she sued — and won — a lawsuit after receiving threats then she must have been in some other country," Hill tweeted Friday.
"Yup. I guess racism ended just after @RealCandaceO Owens lawsuit over....racism," journalist Roland Martin wrote on Twitter. "Whatever. She's a joke."
Journalist Dean Obeidallah called Owens' words "beyond irresponsible" and "truly evil" on Twitter. He claimed she is emboldening white conservatives to believe "the real victim of racism in America is white people."
Owens emerged as a conservative firebrand last year after rapper Kanye West tweeted positively about her. But the rapper distanced himself from the right-wing activist after she falsely claimed that he had designed the logo for "Blexit," her campaign devoted to convincing black voters to leave the Democratic Party and vote Republican.
Following the T-shirt scandal, Owens found herself under fire again. In December, the pro-Trump activist faced backlash after she appeared to defend Adolf Hitler's plan for Germany, calling it "OK" while speaking in London — the same city that the Nazi dictator bombed nearly 80 years ago. Owens, at the time, was asked by an audience member for her thoughts on nationalism in Western politics. In her response, Owens claimed "nationalism" had been given a negative reputation before bringing up Hitler.
"I actually don't have any problems at all with the word 'nationalism,'" Owens said. "I think that the definition gets positioned by elitists that actually want globalism. Globalism is what I don't want . . . Whenever we say nationalism, the first thing people think about, at least in America, is Hitler."
"He was a national socialist," she continued, "but if Hitler just wanted to make Germany great and have things run well, OK. Fine. The problem is that he wanted, he had dreams outside of Germany. He wanted to globalize. He wanted everybody to be German, everybody to be speaking German, everybody to look a different way. To me, that's not nationalism. In thinking about how we could go bad down the line, I don't really have an issue with nationalism. I really don't."
Owens dismissed the controversy and blamed "leftist journalists" for mischaracterizing her remarks. In clarifying her comments, she said Hitler was "a homicidal, psychotic maniac" and there is "no excuse or defense ever for . . . everything that he did."
SHIRA TARLO
Contact Shira Tarlo at shira...@salon.com. Follow @shiratarlo.
CLOISTER
Mar 5, 2019, 1:56:17 PM3/5/19
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This is a crazy reaction to her speech by the looney left.
I will keep looking for the actual transcript.
CLOISTER
Mar 5, 2019, 2:00:50 PM3/5/19
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Some points from her speech at CPAC
She offers the Friday CPAC 2019 attendees four of those truths.
The US is not a racist country. The meme that it is racist is fueled by people who have a personal and financial stake in maintaining that it is.
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Second, abortion is murder. Black women compromise 6-7% of the population but account for 40% of abortions. She said that 18 million Black babies have been aborted since 1973. The Black population in this country would be twice what it is without that tragic loss.
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Third, police brutality against Blacks is a myth. That things are bad in Black communities is not because of police brutality but because 74% of black families are led by single mothers. The breakdown of the Black family is the result of liberal policies.
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Fourth, she says that there are 4 million Black children and an additional 3 million Hispanic children living in poverty and yet Democrats want to put illegals first. The answer, she said, is to build the Wall. That comment received an ovation and chants of “Build the Wall!”
She offers the Friday CPAC 2019 attendees four of those truths.
The US is not a racist country. The meme that it is racist is fueled by people who have a personal and financial stake in maintaining that it is.
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Second, abortion is murder. Black women compromise 6-7% of the population but account for 40% of abortions. She said that 18 million Black babies have been aborted since 1973. The Black population in this country would be twice what it is without that tragic loss.
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Third, police brutality against Blacks is a myth. That things are bad in Black communities is not because of police brutality but because 74% of black families are led by single mothers. The breakdown of the Black family is the result of liberal policies.
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Fourth, she says that there are 4 million Black children and an additional 3 million Hispanic children living in poverty and yet Democrats want to put illegals first. The answer, she said, is to build the Wall. That comment received an ovation and chants of “Build the Wall!”
CLOISTER
Mar 5, 2019, 2:04:26 PM3/5/19
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She said that Blacks should aspire to be doctors, such as Condoleezza Rice and Ben Carson, not basketball players and hip-hop artists. Conservatives, she repeated, need to invade culture. The path of least resistance to defeating the Left is to move just 5% of the minority vote.
At Friday CPAC 2019, Owens is doing that with her Blexit movement.
It’s amazing, she says, at how quickly you can change your life around when you stop viewing yourself as a victim and start viewing yourself as a victor.
It was an inspiring speech and she received even more enthusiastic applause when she was done.
Lawrence Akutagawa
Mar 5, 2019, 4:20:56 PM3/5/19
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"CLOISTER" wrote in message
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***** This line separates my response from the foregoing ******
And here, folks, is our resident Village Idiot once again responding to his
very own Village Idiot post!
Honestly and most truthfully -
"Once a Village Idiot, always a Village Idiot!"
news:b567d55b-ce8a-4429...@googlegroups.com...
And here, folks, is our resident Village Idiot once again responding to his
very own Village Idiot post!
Honestly and most truthfully -
"Once a Village Idiot, always a Village Idiot!"
Lawrence Akutagawa
Mar 5, 2019, 4:24:05 PM3/5/19
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"CLOISTER" wrote in message
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Idiot yet again showing us that he the Village Idiot is indeed honestly and
truthfully our one and only Village Idiot by responding to his very own
Village Idiot response to his original Village idiot post.
Yet again, honestly and most truthfully....
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***** This line separates my response from the foregoing ******
And here, folks, we have yet another instance of our one and only Village
Idiot yet again showing us that he the Village Idiot is indeed honestly and
truthfully our one and only Village Idiot by responding to his very own
Village Idiot response to his original Village idiot post.
Yet again, honestly and most truthfully....
Lawrence Akutagawa
Mar 5, 2019, 4:24:21 PM3/5/19
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"CLOISTER" wrote in message
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he the soc.retirement Village Idiot is indeed honestly and most factually
the soc.retirement Village Idiot by here responding to his Village Idiot
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Who else in soc.retirement responds to his very own response to his original
post but our one and only Village Idiot, I ask you.
Clearly, obviously, and most truthfully our resident Village Idiot yet once
again shows us that without question
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***** This line separates my response from the foregoing ******
yup...our resident Village Idiot does it once again to show us exactly why
he the soc.retirement Village Idiot is indeed honestly and most factually
the soc.retirement Village Idiot by here responding to his Village Idiot
response to his Village Idiot response to his original Village Idiot post!
Who else in soc.retirement responds to his very own response to his original
post but our one and only Village Idiot, I ask you.
Clearly, obviously, and most truthfully our resident Village Idiot yet once
again shows us that without question
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