Candace Owens Bizarrely Claims There Is ‘Nothing’ About Kamala Harris or Barack Obama ‘That Is Black’
It’s baffling to me how Candace Owens can so easily dismiss the identities of Kamala Harris and Barack Obama, two individuals who have undeniably shaped Black representation in America. When Owens boldly states that there is “nothing” about them that is Black, it reveals more about her perspective than it does about their identities. It seems to stem from a desire to gatekeep Blackness, an absurd notion that one can measure the authenticity of another’s lived experience or heritage based solely on arbitrary criteria.
Barack Obama, the first Black President of the United States, and Kamala Harris, the first female Vice President, both have African ancestry that is undeniable.… Continue reading
Matt Underwood