You shouldn’t be surprised by now to hear that a Black Lives Matters leader thinks the IRS are racist terrorists now that it’s time to be held accountable. Patrisse Cullors is a Marxist co-founder for BLM and at the center of all the lavish spending the organization has did using donor funds. So naturally, she’s livid that they’ll all be held accountable for how that money was spent.
“It is such a trip now to hear the term ‘990,'” Cullors said at a speaking engagement in Washington state, referring to the IRS form that discloses charities’ finances. “I’m, like, ugh. It’s, like, triggering.” Cullors, who purchased millions of dollars’ worth in real estate from her perch as BLM’s executive director, also said that she “did not know what 990s were” until recently and felt “deeply unsafe” having to fill one out for the nonprofit.
“This doesn’t seem safe for us,” she later added. “This 990 structure — this nonprofit system structure. This is, like, deeply unsafe. This is being literally weaponized against us, against the people we work with.”
As The Post reported last week, the pair who supposedly took over after Patrisse Kahn-Cullors stepped down as executive director didn’t actually do so: Both Makani Themba and Monifa Bandele told the Washington Examiner they never took the jobs, because of disagreements about the organization’s direction.
Meanwhile, Kahn-Cullors quit (if she really did) after The Post revealed that she’d spent some $3.2 million buying real estate across the country, including a $1.4 million home just outside Malibu, Calif.
Cullors: "It is such a trip now to hear the term '[IRS Form] 990.' I'm, like, ugh. It's, like, triggering." pic.twitter.com/AjIPt9breD
— Andrew Kerr (@AndrewKerrNC) April 13, 2022
BLM, of course, claims that the reporting is the problem:
“There have been a lot of questions surrounding recent reports about the purchase of Creator’s House in California,” acknowledged Black Lives Matter in its response.
“We also recognize the confusion recent inflammatory and speculative articles have caused,” continued the organization. “We are redoubling our efforts to provide clarity about BLMGNF’s work. In the coming weeks, we will unveil new initiatives to increase transparency and accountability, and to continue reshaping what radical philanthropy looks like for Black people.”
The thread went on to explain that the “Creator’s House” was acquired so as to “provide a space for Black folks to share their gifts with the world and hone their craft as they see fit, under the conditions that work best for them and outside systems of oppression in creative industries.”
Black Lives Matter also touted its donations to humanitarian causes, including to the Covid-19 Survival Fund for families, as well as “Black-led frontline orgs around the world.”