{"id":67320,"date":"2021-05-30T13:18:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T17:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=67320"},"modified":"2021-05-30T13:32:04","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T17:32:04","slug":"why-is-a-blm-co-founder-spending-donations-on-buying-4-houses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=67320","title":{"rendered":"Why is a BLM co-founder spending donations on buying 4 houses?!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The foundation said it ended 2020 with a balance of more than $60m, after operating expenses, grants to black-led organisations and other expenses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Last month the New York Post reported that Ms Cullors – a self-described Marxist – had bought a $1.4m luxury home in Topanga Canyon, near Malibu, and owned three other homes, including a custom ranch in Georgia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Facebook banned users from sharing the story, citing privacy concerns, and a black journalist said he was locked out of his Twitter account after he posted the article.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Conservative critics – but also some black activists – called for an investigation into whether Ms Cullors had used the organisation’s funds to enrich herself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In April the foundation said that Ms Cullors had received $120,000 between 2013 and 2019 for her work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Black Lives Matter Foundation said in a statement: “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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Any insinuation or assertion to the contrary is categorically false.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ms Cullors appeared to hold back tears as she told the Black News Channel last month that suggestions of financial impropriety against her were “categorically untrue and incredibly dangerous”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The grieving parents of Michael Brown and Breonna Taylor – two African Americans whose deaths at the hands of white police officers were often cited by Black Lives Matter – last month reportedly complained the organisation had done nothing to help them.<\/p>\n

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