October 19, 2025
Owens’ group gave no reasoning behind the last-minute cancellation.
Candace Owens had opted to forego her look at Florida A&M College’s homecoming as a part of her “Blexit” tour for Black conservatives.
Owens will now not be venturing to the Tallahassee-based HBCU for her “Blexit” group’s “Educate to Liberate” campus tour. In partnership with the now-deceased Charlie Kirk’s Turning Level USA group, the tour sought to rally people inside the Black conservative motion.
Nonetheless, the Oct. 17 look amid FAMU’s “Everlasting World Tour” Homecoming celebration has been nixed. In response to HBCU Gameday, the engagement aimed to focus on empowerment and various political views with college students and guests on campus.
With out a lot discover or additional rationalization, the tour eliminated the looks from its schedule. A spokesperson launched a press release by way of e mail that they intend to reschedule the cease, writing, “We’ll announce a brand new date quickly.”
Based in 2018 by Owens, Blexit has develop into Owens’ platform as a Black conservative commentator to construct a coalition of like-minded people. It stays unclear if the latest killing of Charlie Kirk, an ally of Owens and fellow far-right conservative, had influenced the choice to postpone the tour date.
The Tallahassee Democrat additionally stories that the tour cease’s audio system included rapper Topher, activist Savannah Craven, and members of the BLEXIT Pupil Motion workforce. Nonetheless, backlash in opposition to the FAMU look, particularly throughout its homecoming, started swiftly after its announcement.
HBCU homecomings are usually reserved as a time for group, reconnection, and satisfaction as predominantly Black alumni return to campus. Because the celebrations typically function a call-to-action and reminder of the significance of those establishments, some thought-about the Blexit tour cease as an undermining of those values. Owens’ personal viewpoints have argued in opposition to social causes typically uplifted on these campuses, similar to Black Lives Matter.
Particularly at a time the place DEI practices and funding for HBCUs stay in danger underneath the Trump Administration, BLEXIT’s alignment with conservative policymakers has made its presence comparatively unwelcome, regardless of being legally allowed. For now, FAMU will go with out an look by Owens, at the very least for the foreseeable future.
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