BLM CO-FOUNDER RESPONDS TO CRITICISM FOLLOWING HER PROPERTY PURCHASES
Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors has responded to criticism over her recent property purchases after getting dragged on the internet.
On April 7, 2021, a real estate gossip website reported that Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors had purchased a home in Topanga, a high-end exclusive neighborhood located in the western portion of Los Angeles, for $1.4 million.
In an interview Thursday with left-wing activist Marc Lamont Hill, Cullors pushed back against criticism that she’s contradicting BLM with her luxurious living.
“I think that is a critique that is wanting, and I say that because the way that I live my life is in direct support to Black people, including my Black family members, first and foremost,” she said. “For so many Black folks who are able to invest in themselves and their community, they choose to invest in their family, and that’s what I have chosen to do.”
Some social media users suggested that the purchases were evidence that Khan-Cullors used Black Lives Matter funds for her personal use. Thus far, research revealed no clear evidence that Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation funds were used to purchase any property. Khan-Cullors has held several other jobs and her work as the organization’s volunteer executive director, including writing a memoir and developing content for Warner Brothers.
“Organizers should get paid for the work that they do,” she said. “The fact that the right-wing media is trying to create hysteria around my spending is frankly racist and sexist.”
Notably, Tamika Palmer, the mother of Breonna Taylor, called out the Black Lives Matter movement last year. “I have never personally dealt with BLM Louisville and personally have found them to be fraud,” Ms. Palmer wrote on. Ms. Palmer gave credit to family, friends, and local activists for supporting her family after her daughter’s death. Taylor died following a police shooting in her home during the execution of a no-knock warrant.
