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One-Sentence Summary
In Blackout, Candace Owens argues that modern liberal policies—particularly those stemming from the welfare state, identity politics, and leftist cultural narratives—have systematically disempowered Black Americans, replacing family structure, self-determination, and personal accountability with government dependency and victimhood.
Top 5 Quotes
- “The biggest burden that black people have in my opinion is the percentage of blacks—75 percent of them—that are raised without fathers. And that has every other social negative consequence connected to it: crime, not being able to compete economically in the country, being more likely to be arrested—that’s the number one problem facing the black community.”
- “Black America was both freed and enslaved again within one presidency.”
- “What if the black community as a whole made the decision to let go of every excuse that we perceive to be holding us back?”
- “Black America will never become prosperous via welfare and government handouts; if it were possible, it would have already happened.”
- “True freedom and real change are always possible… I have seen how black Americans have been enslaved by the debate of race… And now you shall see how a slave was made a man.”