Controversial conservative Candace Owens says she’s ‘never met a Black person who was a slave’ in Twitter rant
CONTROVERSIAL conservative Candace Owens said she’s “never met a Black person who was a slave” in a Twitter rant.
The Republican activist’s comment came on Wednesday, after previous comments that she does not “support George Floyd” amid the Black Lives Matter movement.
“Maybe I live in a box, but I’ve never met a single black American who was a slave or a single white American who was a slaveowner,” Owens, 31, tweeted.
“I’ve only come across lazy people who believe that those of us who work ought to support them.
“Human parasites. And they come in every race,” she wrote.
Hours later, she continued a rant about the firing of podcast host Nick Cannon, who said Black people are the “true Hebrews” and that Jewish people want to be like them.
She said she disagrees with radio show host Charlamagne tha God on Cannon’s firing.
“I respect @cthagod, but his comment that Nick Cannon’s firing proves ‘Jews have the power’ is off base,” she tweeted.
“Did the hundreds of white people who have been fired over these past few months for disagreeing with the radical goals of black lives matter prove that we have the power?” Owens added.
In a separate tweet, she continued: “Thousands of blacks promoted to comply with BLM. Thousands of whites fired for disagreeing, and everyone pretended it was cool.
“ONE black man gets fired and now it’s ‘the Jews have power’? Nope.”
Owens – who is Black – has been outspoken about the Black Lives Matter movement.
In a controversial video, she outwardly said she does not “support George Floyd and the media’s depiction of him as a martyr for black America.”
Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, died on May 25 when Minneapolis, Minnesota cop Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck during an arrest.
Although Floyd could be heard saying “I can’t breathe” multiple times during a video of the incident – but Chauvin did not move his knee.
After Floyd’s death, protests were sparked across the nation, as demonstrators have shown support for the Black Lives Matter movement and called for an end to systemic racism and police brutality.
Owens was outspoken, however, and released a now-viral video with her thoughts.
She said “it has been weighing very heavily on my heart and on my mind,” and added, “there was so much pressure for me to go with the popular opinion about who George Floyd was.”
“We are being sold a lot of lies at the detriment to the Black community, at the detriment to the white community and at the detriment to America as a whole.
“Our culture is unique from other communities because we are the only community that caters to the bottom denominator of our society,” she added.
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“Not every Black American is a criminal. Not every Black American is committing crimes.
Owens continued: “But we are unique in that we are the only people that fight and scream and demand support for the people in our community that are up to no good.”
An active supporter of President Donald Trump, Owens founded Blexit – a campaign encouraging the Black community and other minorities to jump ship from the Democratic party.