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Black Lives Matter co-founder, Patrisse Cullors lives in a $1.4 million property in LA’s upmarket – and almost exclusively white – Topanga Canyon

  • Cullors co-founded Black Lives Matter back in 2013
  • The organization has experienced a surge in donations in the past year following the death of George Floyd
  • Cullors came under fire last month after it was revealed she had amassed a $3 million property portfolio in recent years 
  • She called criticism of her personal spending a ‘racist and sexist’ attack by ‘right wing media’
  • However, BLM members have also called for a probe into the organization’s spending and  finances 
  •  The BLM foundation revealed in February that it took in just over $90 million last year; they spent a quarter of their assets on ‘operating expenses’
  • Cullors has allegedly only been paid $120,000 by BLM since its inception in 2013
  • Despite being a self-professed ‘trained Marxist’, she has amassed considerable wealth through speaking engagements and book and TV deals  

Andrew Court – For the Daily Mail and Associated Press May 27, 2021

Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors is stepping down as executive director of the organization amid controversy over her $3 million property portfolio.

Cullors, who has been at the helm of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation for nearly six years, announced the news on Thursday.

The 37-year-old activist told The Associated Press that she is leaving to focus on other projects, including the upcoming release of her second book and a multi-year TV development deal with Warner Bros.

‘I’ve created the infrastructure and the support, and the necessary bones and foundation, so that I can leave,’ Cullors  stated. ‘It feels like the time is right.’

However, her departure comes after it was revealed last month that she has amassed a $3 million property portfolio, despite describing herself as a trained Marxist”.

Properties owned or recently viewed by BLM co-founder Khan Cullors. Click to enlarge

Cullors faced fierce backlash over revelations about her personal spending – including the recent purchase of a $1.4 million home in a ritzy L.A. neighborhood.

It caused many to question what percentage of BLM donations were actually going towards social justice programs.

However, she insists her resignation has been in the works for more than a year and has nothing to do with the personal attacks she has faced.

‘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 told the Associated Press.

Last month, she described the criticism as ‘racist and sexist’ smears deliberately put out by the ‘right-wing media’.

But 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.

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