By Judi McLeod ——Bio and Archives--May 28, 2021
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Messaging Patrisse Cullors:”THEY” know. Decent Black Citizens everywhere, struggling to make ends meet—with no one to count on but themselves—KNOW that Black Lives Matter isn’t helping them—but only systemically ripping them off.
The Little People know that BLM consistently looks the other way when multiple little children are killed most weekends in Democrat-controlled Chicago, hometown of Barack and Michelle Obama. They KNOW down at heart where it matters that their BLM-unrelieved poverty takes away more of their babies in abortion, than from any other race.
“Unearthed By The National Pulse, The Clip Comes From A Panel On “Globalizing Ferguson: Racialized Policing And International Resistance” Hosted By The Prestigious Law School’s Human Rights Program.”
“Cullors, Who Recently Announced Her Resignation From The Black Lives Matter (BLM) Global Network Foundation, Described How “The State Has Organized To Dismantle Movements” Including The Communist Party And The Civil Rights Movement. Cullors Repeatedly References Both “Movements: – Including The Communist Party – Using First-Person Pronouns: (National Pulse)“I Think The State Has Organized Itself To Dismantle Movements In This Country. There Was A Robust Communist Party. There Was A Robust Human Rights And Civil Rights Movement, The Panther Party, And We Have Been Systematically Destroyed And Decimated.“So I Think It’s Important To Understand What Has Happened In This Country And The Ways In Which The State Has Consciously And Purposefully Destroyed Our Movements,” Cullors, A Self-Declared “Trained Marxist,” Adds. “The BLM Co-Founder Also Explicitly Rejects The “Civil Rights Establishment,” Insisting She Is Focused On Organizing With “All Poor People”:And So We Are Literally Left With The Civil Rights Establishment, Which Is Not A Movement, Which Is Often Co-Opted By Police And Elected Officials, And Many Of Us Are Trying To Rebuild A Human Rights Movement That Is Centered Around Fighting Anti-Black Racism And Centered Around Organizing And Building With Poor People, All Poor People.”
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“Cullors Criticizes The Failures Of Far-Left Nonprofit Work, Noting “We Get Stuck In Funder-Driven Traps, And We Get Stuck In Really Liberal Narratives, And We Don’t Actually Fight The Things That Are Going To Ultimately Free Us.” (National Pulse)Long-suffering Black Communities must surely be asking: “Why is that?”(Red) “Patrisse Cullors resigned from the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation after weeks of criticism surrounding her million dollar real estate purchases. The 37-year-old had been at the helm of the BLMGNF for six years. (The Blaze, May 27, 2021) No word on whether her husband, Janaya Khan, a gender non-conforming leader of BLM in Toronto, is stepping down.
"I've created the infrastructure and the support, and the necessary bones and foundation, so that I can leave. It feels like the time is right," she said to the Associated Press. (The Blaze) “In April, Cullors — who is a self-described Marxist — was heavily criticized after it was discovered that she had purchased a $1.4 million home in a predominantly white neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. A later report said that she had purchased four high-end homes totaling more than $3.2 million.
"In her comments to the AP, Cullors characterized the criticism as coming from the right, and claimed that the decision to leave the group had nothing to do with the controversy. "Those were right-wing attacks that tried to discredit my character, and I don't operate off of what the right thinks about me," Cullors said. “Cullors also posted a video to her YouTube account about her resignation and only obliquely referenced the controversy from her home purchase. "I stayed in it and withstood a lot of s***," she said in the video. “The BLM foundation revealed to the AP that they had garnered $90 million in donations just in 2020. “The official Twitter account of Black Lives Matter tweeted a statement praising Cullors after she announced her resignation. "After almost 8 years, we say see you later to the last of our founders, Patrisse Cullors, who's served BLM whole-heartedly. We reflect on the impact Patrisse had on BLM, & we are in deep gratitude," they tweeted.
'As a registered 501c3 non-profit organization, (the foundation) cannot and did not commit any organizational resources toward the purchase of personal property by any employee or volunteer,' the foundation said in a statement. (Daily Mail) 'Any insinuation or assertion to the contrary is categorically false.' "Cullors has made much of her money from consulting on racial justice projects outside of BLM. In 2018, she also released a best-selling autobiography titled: 'When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir.In fairness, it wasn't just conservatives who pressed Cullors over her finances.
“The head of New York City's BLM chapter called for an independent investigation into the organization's finances after revelations about the property portfolio surfaced. 'If you go around calling yourself a socialist, you have to ask how much of her own personal money is going to charitable causes,' BLM organizer Hawk Newsome told The New York Post.” “Meanwhile, Cullors has also been paid an advance for her second book. “On Oct. 5, St. Martin's Press will release Cullors´ latest book, titled 'An Abolitionists Handbook,' which she says is her guide for activists on how to care for each other and resolve internal conflict while fighting to end systemic racism. “She is no doubt also being paid handsomely for developing and producing original cable and streaming TV content that centers on Black stories, under a multi-year deal with Warner Bros. The first of her TV projects will debut in July.”On her departure, Cullors said: 'I'm aware that I´m a leader, and I don't shy away from that.’ 'But no movement is one leader.' For Patrisse Cullors, it’s a ‘White Privilege’ life all the way.
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