(EFE).- Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors has stepped down as executive director of the global anti-racist movement.
The network has named two interim senior executives, Makani Themba and Monifa Bandele, to support the organization after Cullors transitioned from her role.
The two women senior executives have been supporters and advisers of Black Lives Matter since its inception in July 2013.
The leadership transition announced on Thursday has triggered a storm on Twitter, with people thanking Cullors, who founded Black Lives Matter with Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi nearly eight years ago.
In a statement, Cullors said she knew that the global anti-racist network “is in good hands” of “smart, experienced and committed people.”
“The agenda remains the same – eradicate white supremacy and build life-affirming institutions,” she said.
Themba is the chief strategist for the Mississippi-based organization Higher Ground Change Strategies.
Bandele is the director of operations for the Time’s Up Foundation, the movement against sexual harassment created in 2017 by Hollywood celebrities.
BLM grew out of the overwhelming response to the Cullors-created #BlackLivesMatter hashtag following a Garza Facebook post complaining about the acquittal of white police officer George Zimmerman for the 2012 fatal shooting of young African-American Trayvon Martin.
In 2015 Cullors called for the end of Israel.
BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors calls to "end the imperialist project that's called Israel." pic.twitter.com/0PgEtPMpVx
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The movement became a foundation in 2017, dedicated to supporting black-led movements in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada.
The entity reported last February that in 2020 it received more than $90 million in donations and that it ended up with an “approximate balance of $60 million.”
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Last year, the murder of African-American George Floyd in Minneapolis sparked demonstrations in various cities across the US, reigniting protests against police brutality in the country.
In its statement, the foundation noted that it donated almost $25 million to Black-led organizations and Black families around the country during the period Cullors was at the helm.
These include nearly $3 million to support Black people struggling during the pandemic, especially organizers, those affected by police violence, or who are LGBTQIA.
The organization also committed 23 percent of its assets last year to non-profits, compared to the average foundation in the US that donates just 5 percent to 8 percent. EFE
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We see your true Cullors, girlfriend. You’ve milked the system and bought all this expensive real estate so now, like the Obamas, you can live large while preaching oppression of “your people”. What a total joke you are.
And if you are supposedly working on behalf of the down and out Black community, where is all this money coming from? “The entity reported last February that in 2020 it received more than $90 million in donations and that it ended up with an “approximate balance of $60 million.”
I’d love to see those who LOST their businesses to BLM RIOTS< Sue, for reparations, and SEIZE those houses to pay for it!
Oh, Patrisse, blm took in ninety million dollars and you lined your pockets didn’t you? Where did you get the money for the four expensive homes you bought? But don’t worry Patrisse, the Department of No Justice will never prosecute you, after all Jussie Smollett was never prosecuted and Al Sharpton will never be prosecuted.
Yusra Khogali co-founder of the anti-racial “Black Lives Matter” argued that white people are “recessive genetic defects” and purportedly mused about how the race could be “wiped out,”
“Plz Allah give me strength to not cuss/kill these men and white folks out here today.”
Yusra Khogali wrote on Facebook that “Whiteness is not humxness” and that “white skin is sub-humxn,”
(Khogali intentionally misspells “human” in order to eliminate “man” from the word, a common practice among radical feminists)
Yusra Khogali, leader of the “anti-racist” Black Lives Matter movement, does not hide her hatred of white people in her comments on social media.
Yusra Khogali, leader of the “anti-racist” Black Lives Matter movement, does not hide her hatred of white people in her comments on social media.
“White skin is sub-humxn,” said Yusra Khogali the co-founder of the “anti-racist” Black Lives Matter (BLM). This and other strong statements on social networks seem far from wanting to improve racial relations between blacks and whites, sowing even more hatred and violence with her words.
And these are the anti-American “hateful, racist, Muslim” groups that the socialist traitorous Democrat Party is supporting and encouraging. Ask yourself: why would ANYONE support someone who has sworn to destroy them??
Where are the groups out there, who CONDEMN hate speech?? WHY is what she said, NOT getting called out for racism?
Just like black entertainers, (and white ones too), Make a mess, make some money and run. Smart girl. She is doing what politicians do best.
But we have been told it’s only a idea ,so that’s why it can’t be sued. Business that were burned down can’t she blm
George Zimmerman is hispanic, not “white”, and he is not a police officer, as this article states. Simple facts do not matter to these anarchist communists.
FACTS to leftists, never ever matter.. PERIOD!
Isn’t she the one who bought all the expensive homes recently? Guess she milked the system for what she wanted and now it’s time to sit back.
Yes, she certainly DID MILK the system ! She is just a common THIEF, and LIAR in my opinion. She and her co-founders collected a FORTUNE , to supposedly HELP Black people, but they did NOTHING but ENRICH THEMSELVES with the money. She has spent MILLIONS on properties in several different areas, and WHERE did all that money come from ? In MY opinion, from all the DONATIONS to BLM, a PHONY organization that does NOTHING but make trouble, and make the founders VERY WEALTHY !
she got rich off of her race just as sharpton,jesse jackson,farrakhan,charles rangel,and don king.