Candace Owens Speaks Out Against American Booksellers Association Demanding  Apology After Its CEO ‘Sees No Irony In Calling a Black Woman Racist’

Conservative commentator Candace Owens has demanded a public apology from the American Booksellers Association on Aug. 11 after CEO Allison Hill apologized to their readers after the ABA accidentally promoted Owens’ new book “Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation.”

Owens says ABA labeled her book as racist and apologized for promoting it. “The is the CEO, Allison Hill, who sees no irony in calling a black woman racist,” Owens wrote over an photo of Hill. An email that was sent to ABA members on Aug. 5, Hill explained why her book cover appeared on an Indie bestseller list instead of the correct cover for the book with the title, “Blackout” by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon.

“A staff person was filling in on creating the bestseller list while the staff person typically responsible was on vacation. Rather than pull the cover image by ISBN as they had been trained to do, they pulled the image by the title, Blackout, and didn’t realize they had pulled the wrong cover image — same title, different book,” the letter stated.

The error caused the ABA promoting the book to hundreds of bookstores.

“They did not check the cover image against the title and author listed. They were not familiar with Candace Owens’ face, so they did not recognize her on the cover of the wrong book. A second employee, new to copyediting, was charged with proofreading the bestseller list before it went out but they didn’t check to ensure that the correct cover image was used.”

The statement continued, “It was a terrible mistake with terrible racist implications. However, based on our investigation and the demonstrated diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) commitment of these individuals, we have no reason to believe the action was malicious in intention.”

Hill said that mistakenly promoting Owens book was an “egregious, harmful act that caused violence and pain. One negligent, irresponsible, and racist.”

Owens then called on the ABA to apologize for “denigrating” her book.

“I am calling for a public apology from @ABAbook and Allison Hill. It is an act of unspeakable, explicit racism for a white woman to send around an e-mail slandering and denigrating an autobiographical book from a black woman who came from nothing. We cannot accept this racism,” Owens wrote.

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