Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation

Blending political commentary and memoir, Blackout lays the case that socially oriented policies of the past—with focus on historically Democratic party initiatives, particularly LBJ's Great Society—have been more harmful than helpful to Black Americans. Owens can be controversial, and she is not shy in taking on the arguments. She raises issues and a perspective that contributes to a fuller conversation on race in the US.