Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation

If you are on the fence about your opinion of Candice Owen, this book might change your mind. She absolutely tells it like it is and isn't afraid to do so. Very well written and well researched. She has the statistics and numbers to back up everything she says.

An outstanding book that truthfully describes the state of our culture. She supports her opinions with a wealth of data, frequently cites other great works, and shares many personal stories and experiences. Thoroughly enjoyed reading this book.

I had been waiting for this book's release since the beginning of summer, and it was everything I imagined it would be. Candace Owens is as amazing a writer as she is a speaker. What I love about her is that she says what most of us can only dare think; she says it in such a way that it's difficult to disagree with her because you can SEE it all around you, even if the culture doesn't allow one to say it out loud. As a Hispanic American, I feel that a lot of what she says applies to us too, and until we get our version of her, she is all we have to tell our community their truths!Where can I even begin? She unapologetically addresses the problem of welfare and why it hurts the Black community rather than help. It keeps people down and dependent on what little the government provides, taking away the incentive to work hard as people used to before FDR's New Deal. Back then, after the abolition of slavery and before the New Deal, African Americans were actually thriving in business and getting married. The New Deal and the hippie movement of the 60s which preached drugs and free love was the ruin of the community (see page 203 for more). Now women are not as picky about who they choose to procreate with because they know they have the welfare system to fall back on. The men now have no incentive to do better either, and no community has suffered more from this than the Black community, according to Owens; I would add the Hispanic community to that as well, but perhaps not as bad."Emboldened by the appeal of free government money... and as some black women discovered that the government could act as provider for their families, they often neglected to hold black men accountable to their children, which over time can lead to choosing less suitable partners for marriage and fatherhood. Government assistance also provides no incentive to black men to step up. This was the first major indentation that the government made upon black culture. Today, hearing black hip hip artists rap and sing about their various 'baby-mamas' is considered culturally normative" (50).Owens offers up a different ideology than the one taught by the Left by issuing a challenge: It's time for a major black exodus from victimhood, dependency, misinformation, and from the Democrat Party, which perpetuates all three. "For black Americans voting Democrat has come to be viewed not only as an expectation nut as a condition of blackness. Left-wing candidates feel so certain that there is no variety of thought or experience among blacks that they are comfortable publicly stripping us of our identity, should we offer any objection to the status quo" (225). Owens knows better than anyone the social consequences of going against the status quo, and she talks about the unfortunate times when she's been attacked and accused of "acting white" for speaking the language right. I can relate to her because I experienced similar accusations from the locals when I decided to major in classic literature and similar hate when I would speak out against illegal immigration. She also talks about how illegal immigration is hurting the black community, but the Democrats continue to support it because they need to "save" more victims to vote for them. Not really saving them, of course, but merely giving them a bandaid in the form of help that doesn't really help them THRIVE. There is simply no substitute for hard work and getting out of our own holes."Based on our history, we should be on the front lines of the fight against socialism, and yet the Left's promise for more charity continues to prove irresistible. Our internal conflict is understandable-- why shouldn't the government, after years of slavery, not eliminate black debt by subsidizing black housing, and otherwise funding black lives? The answer is simple: because a painkiller cannot eliminate cancer. No short-term fix, no Band-Aid over the deeply infected wound, will ever fix the underlying problems that plague our community. Handouts absent hard work make men weak, and with a depleted self esteem; they stifle the entrepreneurial spirit, by removing our innate senses of drive and aspiration. Poverty and despair become the life of the man who is given a fish but never learns to cast his own line" (124).In summary, Blackout is intelligently argued and well-researched. This book destroys the myth that all black should vote Democrat and demonstrates why turning to the right will leave more successful, happier and more self-sufficient.

As a raging conservative, I love this book and the opportunity to educate myself on this topic.

I have just completed reading a book written by Candace Owens titled Blackout. Of all the books I have recently read, this is by far the best and given the current state of politics and life in America in 2020, it may be the best book I have ever read.Why did I choose this book to read? If you have ever heard Candace Owens on any of the television talk shows or better yet, heard any one of her many podcasts, you know exactly why I decided to read her book. She is someone who speaks the truth in spite of a barrage of criticism from the Black Communities, the many undeserved and self-appointed “Black Leaders”, and worse, our extremely biased main stream news media. You could easily just read the Introduction and Forward, put the book down and you will have received far more than what you paid for the book.What will you learn by reading Owens’ book? You will learn a lot about America’s history as seen through her eyes and memory of someone who just happens to be Black. You will learn how beliefs are formed, correctly and incorrectly. You will learn how to change your attitude and belief about what you may have been taught to believe. You will learn how minds can be changed, but to make that change, how for some, it may take a significant life-changing event in one’s life.Problems and Solutions. It is easy to point out a problem. It is not so easy to provide solutions. The manner in which Owens outlines how we as a nation arrived at the deteriorating issues of “race in America” is very simple to understand. Not so easy to understand is how it has been permitted to not only continue, but to become much worse instead of improving even under the watch of the country’s first Black President which defies logic.Owens discuses her decision to become a Conservative journalist. The Black Family, then and now. Feminism. Socialism/Communism. Education, the most important of all the chapters in the book. The main stream news media and how it has taken political sides to the detriment of not just Black Americans but all Americans. On how so many Americans have chosen the path of providing excuses to problems instead of finding or creating solutions. She delves into Faith and how faith provided the resource to overcome and endure the years of slavery and how Faith has come under attack in America and more importantly WHY it has come under attack and by whom. She provides a very interesting discussion on Black Culture and how it to has come under attack. Why it is under attack and by whom. Her discussion on Slavery in America and around the world is priceless!Owens believes in identifying a problem and then as stated, finding and/or creating solutions. She ends her book with what she believes is the solution to racial discourse in America. She also points out that should America and its Constitution ever fall, there is no fallback position and the entire world will suffer.Who should read this book? I would like to think that EVERY American would benefit from reading this book. Therefore, every American SHOULD read it but especially Black Americans! If you truly want to see America become the America you would want everyone to grow and prosper within, that trip may very well start with reading this book by Candace Owens!Would I read it again? Probably not. However, I will use it as a resource for quotes, sections on history and the many references she uses to confirm what she has written.Would I give it a gift? Absolutely! One lesson that made it well worth the read is that you realize you are not alone in your own thinking about our 2020 America.

A must read from a woman that was leaning left and her perspective on issues base on her real life experiences.

It is a must read book for anyone who takes some interest in US or international political events. The present day international mainstream, i.e. "fakestream" media, is nothing more than an organ of propoganda for Leftist ideologies and Leftist political parties. In the US the fakestream media organisations like CNN, NPR, MSNBC, New York Times, Time, etc. work 24x7 to brainwash people into believing that the Leftists & the Democratic party are the champions of Blacks and other minorities. In reality the Leftists ard the real racists and benefit in election by keeping racism alive in the US. This book brings to light these facts in a very eloquent way.

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very well written, eye-opening, energic. Definitely a must-read

Libro imprescindible para conocer el pensamiento conservador de la que quizá sea un día la primera presidenta afroamericana de los Estados Unidos.

アメリカ合衆国において、一般論として、黒人は民主党支持であると考えられている。それは、民主党が黒人の味方だったと思われてきたからだ。しかし、黒人女性である筆者はその考え方に異議を唱える。民主党は自らが政権をとるために黒人を利用してきたというのだ。黒人を弱者にして、その弱者保護を訴えていることで自分たちが正義を実現してきたと指摘する。それを裏付ける様々な事例を挙げている。そして、黒人たちに弱者になることで保護を受けるのではなく、自らの足で立ち上がることを呼び掛けている。また、これと並行してアメリカメディアが民主党寄りであることも例を挙げて示している。