{"id":66955,"date":"2021-05-28T10:22:57","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T14:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=66955"},"modified":"2021-05-28T10:22:57","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T14:22:57","slug":"how-in-the-world-did-the-blm-co-founder-buy-four-homes-donations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=66955","title":{"rendered":"How in the world did the BLM co-founder buy four homes? Donations?!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Patrisse Cullors: Black Lives Matter co-founder resigns<\/h1>\n

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Black Lives Matter’s co-founder says she is resigning from its foundation, but not because of what she called right-wing attempts to discredit her.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Patrisse Cullors said Friday would be her last day at the foundation, which she has led for nearly six years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The 37-year-old activist’s finances came under scrutiny last month after it was reported she owned four homes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Black Lives Matter started as a hashtag in 2013 and has since become a global movement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ms Cullors said she would step down from the Black Lives Matter Global Network to focus on her forthcoming second book, An Abolitionist’s Handbook, and a TV development deal with Warner Bros highlighting black stories.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In a statement<\/a>, she said: “With smart, experienced and committed people supporting the organization during this transition, I know that BLMGNF is in good hands.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“The foundation’s agenda remains the same – eradicate white supremacy and build life-affirming institutions.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ms Cullors\u00a0told the AP news agency<\/a>\u00a0her resignation had been planned for more than a year and was not related to claims that she had misused donations to acquire her property portfolio. There is no evidence to suggest that she had done so.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Those were right-wing attacks that tried to discredit my character, and I don’t operate off of what the right thinks about me,” she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The BLM Foundation told AP in February that it had raised $90m (\u00a363m) amid last year’s racial justice protests following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota.<\/p>\n

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