Who is Candace Owens – Conservative Talk Show Host Goes Viral for ‘Ableist’ Rant Against Disabled People
Candace Owens is making waves after making a statement about a disabled model in Kim Kardashian’s SKIMS campaign photoshoot. Many people have criticized Owens’ statement on social media. SKIMS Adaptive Collection was designed for people with limited mobility in mind.
In her statement, while talking about the disabled model in a wheelchair on her podcast, Owens said,
“I really I don’t understand how far we’re going to take this inclusivity thing, I really don’t get it, and if I am wrong educate me. Whose idea was this? Was it your idea? Okay, you’re fired.”
Owens has infuriated the disabled community and their supporters.
Who is Candace Owens?
Candace Owens is a prominent commentator and host known for her fiery personality. Owens grew up in Stamford, Connecticut. During her senior year of high school, she was subjected to racism. Owens claimed that her classmates sent her messages “threatening to kill her and spewing graphic racist epithets.” Owens was traumatized by the incident and was terrified for many years.
She is also a co-founder of the Blexit movement, which stands for “Black Exit.” The Blexit movement called on African-Americans to abandon the Democratic Party. Its primary goal was to educate American minorities about the country’s history by “highlighting the principles of the United States Constitution and the importance of self-reliance.”
Candace Owens is the author of the Bestselling book, Blackout
On Google Books, Owens’ book Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation is listed as a New York Times Bestseller. The book is about how the Democratic Party’s policies “hurt rather than help” the African-American community.
Owens is married to George Farmer and they have two children. Owens and Farmer were engaged in January 2019 and in August 2019 they got married at the Trump Winery in Charlottesville, Virginia. Last year, she was photographed with Kanye West at Paris Fashion Week, wearing t-shirts that read, “White Lives Matter.” She has also been captured on camera with former US President Donald Trump on numerous occasions.
Content creator and disability representation activist Paula Carozzo too spoke about Owens’s comment on the disabled model. She wrote,
“For the disability community, we are at the current peak of representation. Representation for us is as vital as the lungs we need to breathe. We’ve worked so hard for such a long time. No bully should be able to show up and make “assumptions” of what we need and want.”
Haleigh Rosa, who is a disabled woman and a Model, plus the founder of an NGO, reacted to Owens’ statement on the disabled SKIMS model in the wheelchair. Rosa said,
“The people I know that have disabilities are some of the most resilient people. Wheelchair users will not agree with [Owens’] views. If [Owens] truly wants to educate herself, she can reach out to me. I’m not one for cancel culture; I believe in the power of education. I’d love to have a conversation and educate Candace. It’s so often assumed that the disability community should be felt bad for. The people I know that have disabilities are some of the most resilient people.”
She further explained that people in wheelchairs will not agree with what Owens has said. Rosa also said representation matters so much through such campaigns for disabled people.
Source: STYLE
