Candace Owens recently appeared on Dr. Phil to discuss affirmative action, and she didn’t hold back her thoughts. With two professors defending the controversial policies, Owens flipped the traditional narrative — that affirmative action helps minorities — on its head. Instead, she argued that it amounts to nothing more than a “burden of responsibility” for the Left, and often does more harm than good.
Candace Owens pointed to the findings of a Cornell study conducted by Dr. Thomas Sowell, a black adjunct professor, which showed that the majority of black American students admitted on affirmative action were on academic probation. Owens argued that this was proof that these students were artificially placed in positions they hadn’t earned.
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Panel member Dr. John Pascarella argued for affirmative action for “institutions that have historically excluded people of color.” Owens asked Pascarella how he could hold that viewpoint when she and others point to affirmative action being “factually, in effect, a bad thing for the black community.” Owens said the answer was simple: “It’s due to their intellectual capabilities, which is how students should be judged.”
Owens also argued that the premise behind affirmative action was degrading, saying that the people who supported it were, in effect, claiming that minorities were incapable of achieving certain objectives without help from mostly white benefactors. She used the example of Sasha and Malia Obama, who she argued had not struggled and did not need the help of affirmative action.
Dr. J. Luke Wood, a professor at San Diego State University, pushed back on Owens’s comments, arguing that poor performance by affirmative action beneficiaries could be the result of their experiences at the institutions. Owens shot back, “You’re saying ‘could be,’ I’m giving you actual facts. We can fantasize and say ‘maybe they just don’t feel good,’ but that’s not the case.” She argued that the real “equal policy” was judging students on merit.
Candace Owens is standing up for what she believes in and speaking out against the liberal agenda. While some may argue that affirmative action helps minorities, Owens’ argument is that it is actually detrimental and degrading. She is fighting for the rights of minorities to be judged on their merits, not on the color of their skin.
