Candace Owens: Breaking My Silence On Ye And The Jewish Community

There’s something I’ve been thinking about for a long time and I think the best place to begin is with a thank you from my heart.

Yesterday, I covered the Kyrie Irving situation. And I felt a little trepidation in giving my opinion about his situation, because there’s a lot of tension in the air right now between the Jewish community and the black community.

I also knew by defending Kyrie Irving — which I felt was the right thing to do — some people would say, “Oh, there she goes defending black people and saying nothing about the Jewish community or about people now sharing anti-semitic remarks.”

I was so overwhelmed and thankful for the response to yesterday’s monologue. As I looked over the comments, I saw an outpouring of love and understanding. And I think that outpouring came, perhaps, because I did something yesterday I rarely do — I shared my heart.

Normally, I’m never a person to say, “As a black person I believe this…” or “As a black woman I think that…” But yesterday I felt I needed to come to you as a black person living in this society. And I was hopeful you would understand why.

I was touched by Kyrie Irving’s remarks, when he asked the press, “Where were you when I was a kid figuring out that 300 million of my ancestors are buried in America? Where were you guys asking those same questions when I was a kid dealing with learning about the traumatic events of my familial history…?”

I shared with you how it’s a weird thing to be a black person in society and not really know where you come from. I felt his pain. And I think you guys heard my pain, and you responded to it accordingly. 

Now, obviously, there’s another subject that is getting snowballed into the Kyrie Irving situation.

In fact, I think this subject is part of the reason the media has been so harsh — despite Kyrie Irving really committing no crimes worthy of that harshness, worthy of the words used by the Brooklyn Nets regarding him — when all he did was share a link and then immediately offer apologies for what he deemed to be ‘falsehoods’ within the documentary.

But the other subject we’ve been avoiding is Kanye West. And when I say ‘us,’ I mean especially me.

Ye is my friend. I have been very, very clear about that. Ye is still my friend. And I don’t really like to talk about things or people who are personal to me.

A lot of times I sit back and I wonder why I have the platform I have. It’s a weird thing to sort of look through the lens of your life and to say, “Why am I here?” “What am I doing?”

As far as I’m concerned, all I’ve done is stand up and speak the truth — a lot of times.

Because we now live in times of tremendous turmoil, a lot of people depend on me to continue to tell the truth and not ‘sell out.’ I know what that means.

There’s been a lot of pressure on me from people saying, “Candace, don’t sell out to The Daily Wire,” because I work with them. Just like people used to say to me, “Candace, don’t sell out to Prager,” when I was with them. 

People have this fear that the more success they have, it forces them to think I need to stay within a certain boundary and a certain line to maintain that success. Essentially, a lot of people trade their souls for money. That is true. I’m simply not one of those people. There is no amount of money that would cause me to say something I do not mean, there’s nobody that can make me ‘perform.’ I want to make that clear to everybody.

And I thought I was making that clear when I remained silent regarding Ye, someone who is my actual friend behind the scenes. But I’m going to do something rare today. I’m going to share with you some personal conversations I’ve had, not just with Ye, but with other people who are friends of mine behind the scenes.

With Adidas pulling out of their deal, essentially saying we want nothing to do with Ye, and GAP pulling out and saying, ‘We want nothing to do with him’ — with what feels like the entire world condemning him, a lot of people wonder what he is thinking.

How did he respond to losing $2 billion, as it was estimated, in one day? After a week of tweeting and saying things — everyone suddenly wants nothing to do with him? How do you think he’s feeling about that? 

A lot of you guys might be thinking he feels very sad about all of it. I’m only going to tell you what he

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