{"id":429890,"date":"2021-04-16T09:35:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T13:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=429890"},"modified":"2021-04-16T09:35:14","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T13:35:14","slug":"blm-co-founder-says-owning-4-homes-doesnt-defy-marxist-principles-because-her-family-uses-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blm-co-founder-says-owning-4-homes-doesnt-defy-marxist-principles-because-her-family-uses-them\/","title":{"rendered":"BLM Co-Founder Says Owning 4 Homes Doesn\u2019t Defy Marxist Principles Because Her Family Uses Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblm-co-founder-says-owning-4-homes-doesnt-defy-marxist-principles-because-her-family-uses-them%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=429890&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors claimed that owning four homes was not a rejection of Marxist principles because she used them to support her own family.<\/p>\n<p>Cullors addressed the issue during the first segment of an interview with Marc Lamont Hill, saying that she had chosen to help her family when she had been given the resources to do so. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/13\/patrisse-cullors-reform-la-jails\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED:&nbsp;BLM\u2019s \u2018Marxist\u2019 Co-Founder Raked In $20,000 A Month As Chairwoman Of Jail Reform Group)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Activist Patrisse Cullors Talks Criticisms Surrounding Black Lives Matter Network Foundation: Pt. 1\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2z-rxVKcDSc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>During the first segment of the interview, Cullors addressed the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/14\/blm-cease-desist-letters-hawk-newsome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">news stories<\/a> about the organizations and her personal&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/12\/patrisse-cullors-blm-firm-goes-offline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">property purchases<\/a>. She was very adamant in making it clear that she had never taken a salary from the Black Lives Matter organization \u2014 instead, she said her income had come from a deal with YouTube and from speaking engagements.<\/p>\n<p>Hill suggested that the focus on and criticism of her income and property could be what he referred to as \u201cmisogynoir,\u201d or the idea that people in general would prefer black women not to succeed.<\/p>\n<p>But Hill also challenged Cullors directly on her property ownership, asking whether owning four homes was consistent with her claims of being a \u201ctrained Marxist.\u201d Cullors appeared to argue that by using her money and property to support her family, she was putting her money back into the community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is a critique that is wanting,\u201d Cullors replied, adding, \u201cThe way that I live my life is in direct support to black people, including my black family members, first and foremost. And for so many black folks who are able to invest in themselves and their community, they choose to invest in their family and that\u2019s what I have chosen to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.6666666666667\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In a fantastic interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marclamonthill?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@marclamonthill<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/patricecullors?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#patricecullors<\/a> explains how her home ownership and income don\u2019t betray her marxist principles. It\u2019s all for her family. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MPAo3ZE7JK\">pic.twitter.com\/MPAo3ZE7JK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 #1 #SNOWFALLFX FAN IN LIFE (free Melody) (@VanLathan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VanLathan\/status\/1382874774695600129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"12.325925925926\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I gotta hand it to Patrisse Cullors, \u201cmy aim is to help Black people, and I am Black, so I decided the person I\u2019d focus on helping is myself\u201d is an impressive defense of being a Marxist while getting rich off of BLM.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Noam Blum ???? (@neontaster) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neontaster\/status\/1383021306665373700?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hill went on to later note that, while Cullors did not take a direct salary from Black Lives Matter, every deal she got based on her name recognition was deeply connected to the fact that she had been a part of that <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/12\/10\/intentional-erasure-black-lives-matter-fractures-money-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">organization<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Activist Patrisse Cullors Talks Criticisms Surrounding Black Lives Matter Network Foundation: Pt. 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ljy6nbJvxvA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Cullors responded by saying that she felt her responsibility \u2014 and that of BLM as a whole \u2014 was to build power for the marginalized \u2014 and that began with her own family and their personal experience with policing. She also brushed off criticisms that the organization was not directly funding the people on the ground by saying that it was important to differentiate between a power-building organization and a charity.<\/p>\n<p>She went on to say that BLM worked to get money out the door \u2014 in the form of grants for community organizing efforts \u2014 as quickly and efficiently as they could.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH THE FINAL SEGMENT HERE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Patrisse Cullors talks projects outside of BLM\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8C4-nxO2jHA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors claimed that owning four homes was not a rejection of Marxist principles because she used them to support her own family.Cullors addressed the issue &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312295,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"BLM Co-Founder Says Owning 4 Homes Doesn\u2019t Defy Marxist Principles Because Her Family Uses Them","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-429890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_video_url":"https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=2z-rxVKcDSc","fifu_image_alt":"BLM Co-Founder Says Owning 4 Homes Doesn\u2019t Defy Marxist Principles Because Her Family Uses Them","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}