Blackout
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER It’s time for a black exit. Political activist and social media star Candace Owens addresses the many ways that Democrat Party policies hurt, rather than help, the African American community, and why she and many others are turning right. Black Americans have long been shackled to the Democrats. Seeing no viable alternative, they have watched liberal politicians take the black vote for granted without pledging anything in return. In Blackout, Owens argues that this automatic allegiance is both illogical and unearned. She contends that the Democrat Party has a long history of racism and exposes the ideals that hinder the black community’s ability to rise above poverty, live independent and successful lives, and be an active part of the American Dream. Instead, Owens offers up a different ideology by issuing a challenge: It’s time for a major black exodus. From dependency, from victimhood, from miseducation—and the Democrat Party, which perpetuates all three. Owens explains that government assistance is a double-edged sword, that the Left dismisses the faith so important to the black community, that Democrat permissiveness toward abortion disproportionately affects black babies, that the #MeToo movement hurts black men, and much more. Weaving in her personal story, which ushered her from a roach-infested low-income apartment to1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, she demonstrates how she overcame her setbacks and challenges despite the cultural expectation that she should embrace a victim mentality. Well-researched and intelligently argued, Blackout lays bare the myth that all black people should vote Democrat—and shows why turning to the right will leave them happier, more successful, and more self-sufficient.
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While I generally enjoy reading republican opinions the author of this book didn't provide much of that.
The solution to the ‘democratic plantation' does not lie in the republican party. The entire system is flawed and the entire system needs to take action to fix itself.
To keep this as short as possible: Owens acts as though the democrats are trying to make the US a socialist state. First of all, being an actor in a socialist country does not mean that you'll get the same amount of parts as an actor less talented than you. I can't imagine what kind of mental acrobats the author had to take to come to that conclusion. Secondly, many of the socialist programs in the US are backed by republicans. Any American reading this should be well aware of this fact after the mess that 2020 has been. Stimulus checks are a form socialism and they were backed by both parties. The bailouts for airlines? Socialism. Medicare? Socialism. All of which Trump had little issue signing. And even before 2020 that man was handing out money to our farmers as though it grows on trees. Don't want a socialist in the White House? Well they're all third party so you really don't have to worry about that happening any time soon.
There is an entire section dedicated to religion, and this countries ‘Judeo-Christian' values. We are a country founded on the belief of religious freedom and the separation of church and state. If you choose to vote for someone based on your religious beliefs that's your prerogative, but to act as though people are turning their back from God for voting blue when the top blue contenders are also Christians as well is laughable. The Bible is up for interpretation and the sheer number of competing churches in this country should be more than enough to show that while we may share a belief in God we do not all share the same views on what that means.
No matter where you fall on the political spectrum you have nothing to gain from reading this book, it's just a long rehash of the usual republican propaganda. You've likely heard it all before.
Candace gives us insight into her background and what impacted her growth from a political standpoint. Candace gives facts and examples of how the Democrat party is hindering Black American's. Using her own life she shows the importance of rejecting the victim narrative and embracing personal responsibility and growth through positive choices. While remembering that other's choices may affect our personal outcome but it is how we as adults respond to setbacks that ultimate determines our path. Candace demonstrates that skin color only tells others what their level of melanin is and does not dictate how one's life is to look or what one is to believe.
This book has some autobiographical aspects used to illustrate points and facts regarding her own experience growing up as a Black American. This book is not intense or a hard read. It is steady and encourages the reader to the be thoughtful. As I read multiple books at once I found this one to be a break from books that required much more thought, focus and info processing. Candace manages to keep a good balance of thoughtful and introspective without being extremely intense.
