![]() In 2015, Owens was CEO of Degree180, a marketing agency that offered consultation, production, and planning services. Early career Degree180 and anti-conservative blog In 2012, Owens took a job as an administrative assistant for a private equity firm in Manhattan, later moving up to become its vice president of administration. Īfterwards, she worked as an intern for Vogue magazine in New York. She dropped out after her junior year because of an issue with her student loan. Owens pursued an undergraduate degree in journalism at the University of Rhode Island. Owens's family sued the Stamford Board of Education in federal court, alleging that the city did not protect her rights, resulting in a $37,500 settlement in January 2008. Joshua Starr, the city's superintendent of schools, listened to the voicemail messages and said that they were "horrendous". In 2007, while a 17-year-old senior in high school, Owens received three racist death threat voicemail messages, totaling two minutes, from a group of white male classmates. ![]() She is a graduate of Stamford High School. Owens is also of Caribbean American heritage through her grandmother who is originally from Saint Thomas, U.S. She said her paternal grandfather Robert Owens, a Black American, was born in North Carolina. With her siblings, Owens was raised in Stamford, Connecticut, by her grandparents from around the age of 11 or 12, after her parents divorced. Owens has been criticized for promoting conspiracy theories, mostly through her social media profiles and television and media appearances. She has expressed anti-lockdown views and anti-vaccination opinions during the COVID-19 pandemic. On several occasions Owens has claimed that the effects of white supremacy and white nationalism are exaggerated, especially when compared to other issues facing Black Americans. In 2021, she joined The Daily Wire, where she hosts Candace, a political talk show. She worked for the conservative advocacy group Turning Point USA between 20 as its communications director. Owens has been recognized for her pro-Trump activism as a Black woman and her criticism of Black Lives Matter and the Democratic Party despite being initially critical of United States President Donald Trump and the Republican Party. Michael Farmer, Baron Farmer (father-in-law)Ĭandace Amber Owens Farmer ( née Owens born April 29, 1989) is an American conservative author, talk show host, political commentator, and producer.
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