Clamoring for Victimhood

The Candace Owens Show: Carol Swain

"The Left has created a slew of terms such as “white guilt” and “white privilege” to collectively judge Americans by race. So is there actually systemic racism in our country? Carol Swain, Former Professor of Political Science and host of Be the People Podcast, and Candace Owens discuss."

This is at about 20 minutes into the discussion:

Note: I certify that Owens and Swain are black enough to say the following.

Owens: ...everyone is clamoring to be a victim...and starting really young.

Swain: And here's something I find very interesting, if being black is so bad in this society, why are so many white people trying to be black? And when I was teaching as a professor, we talked about 'ethnic fraud'. We knew that there were people that were not racial and ethnic minorities that would check in the Affirmative Action box passing as minorities. So, if it was so bad to be black, or so bad to be a minority why were they trying to pass [as one]?

Back in the slave days and during the Jim Crow days, you had black people that passed that they were light enough into the white world, and now you have all these white people that are trying to pass into the black world.

Owens: Right? And that's interesting, and I say the same thing about biracial people that have a platform, and they choose to talk about being black and not being white. Colin Kaepernick's a great example, right? He's half white; he was raised by two white parents--actually he was adopeted fortunately, but rather than say anything positive about white people, he has decided to be black, to grow an Afro out, and to pick his hair out, and if being black is ultimately what leads to oppression, ... what led to him to have these million-dollar deals with Nike...if being black is so bad, why are so many people choosing it?