{"id":18949,"date":"2021-05-28T06:36:39","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T10:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=18949"},"modified":"2021-05-28T06:36:39","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T10:36:39","slug":"patrisse-cullors-black-lives-matter-co-founder-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/05\/28\/patrisse-cullors-black-lives-matter-co-founder-resigns\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrisse Cullors: Black Lives Matter co-founder resigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><b class=\"ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Black Lives Matter&#8217;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<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>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<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>The 37-year-old activist&#8217;s finances came under scrutiny last month after it was reported she owned four homes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>Black Lives Matter started as a hashtag in 2013 and has since become a global movement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>Ms Cullors said she would step down from the Black Lives Matter Global Network to focus on her forthcoming second book, An Abolitionist&#8217;s Handbook, and a TV development deal with Warner Bros highlighting black stories.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"unordered-list-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi0\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li><a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-55106268\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BLM founders: We fought to change history and won<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/blacklivesmatter.com\/black-lives-matter-global-network-foundation-announces-leadership-transition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In a statement<\/a>, she said: &#8220;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<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>&#8220;The foundation&#8217;s agenda remains the same &#8211; eradicate white supremacy and build life-affirming institutions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>Ms Cullors\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ca-state-wire-george-floyd-philanthropy-race-and-ethnicity-0a89ec240a702537a3d89d281789adcf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told 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<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>&#8220;Those were right-wing attacks that tried to discredit my character, and I don&#8217;t operate off of what the right thinks about me,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>The BLM Foundation told AP in February that it had raised $90m (\u00a363m) amid last year&#8217;s racial justice protests following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>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<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>Last month the New York Post reported that Ms Cullors &#8211; a self-described Marxist &#8211; 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<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>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<figure id=\"attachment_18951\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18951\" style=\"width: 486px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Black-lives-matter-flag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18951\" src=\"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Black-lives-matter-flag.jpg\" alt=\"Black Lives Matter flag\" width=\"486\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Black-lives-matter-flag.jpg 486w, https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Black-lives-matter-flag-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18951\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Lives Matter has become a global rallying cry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>Conservative critics &#8211; but also some black activists &#8211; called for an investigation into whether Ms Cullors had used the organisation&#8217;s funds to enrich herself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>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<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>The Black Lives Matter Foundation said in a statement: &#8220;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<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>&#8220;Any insinuation or assertion to the contrary is categorically false.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>Ms Cullors appeared to hold back tears as she told the Black News Channel last month that suggestions of financial impropriety against her were &#8220;categorically untrue and incredibly dangerous&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>The grieving parents of Michael Brown and Breonna Taylor &#8211; 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