You will be next, but in hindsight it will be better for our nation, the less of our kind, the more safe it will be. Patrisse Cullors, who co-founded BLM in 2013 with community organizers Alicia Garza and Opal Tomet, inked the multiyear agreement in what is her first deal with a … “When we gather, we do so with the intention of freeing ourselves from the tight grip of heteronormative thinking, or rather, the belief that all in the world are heterosexual (unless s/he or they disclose otherwise).”. Her book, When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir[48] was published in January 2018. In 2014 Cullors produced the theatrical piece POWER: From the Mouths of the Occupied, which debuted at Highways Performance Space. She developed an interest in the Nigerian religious tradition of Ifá, incorporating its rituals into political protest events. “But our goal is to get Trump out.”.
[1], Cullors was born in Los Angeles, California. It's literally saying, 'Black people, you might be next.
“We actually do have an ideological frame,” responded Cullors, “myself and Alicia, in particular, are trained organizers.”, “We are trained Marxists,” she added. [15] The group advocated for a civilian commission to oversee the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in order to curb abuses by officers. pic.twitter.com/T6mLZ11cEv, — The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) June 19, 2020, BLM founder Patrisse Cullors, reassuring an old communist that she understands that the goal is to destroy freedom: “we’re trained Marxists.” pic.twitter.com/x8sljI05Av, — David Reaboi (@davereaboi) June 20, 2020, Related: OOPS: Millions Mistakenly Raised For Black Lives Matter Charity That Connects Cops To Communities.
[24], She cites the activist and formerly incarcerated Weather Underground member Eric Mann, as her mentor during her early activist years at the Bus Riders Union of Los Angeles. [45] She has contributed articles about the movement to the LA Progressive,[46] including an article from December 2015 titled "The Future of Black Life" [47] which pushed the idea that activists could no longer wait for the State to take action, and called her followers into action by encouraging them to begin building the world that they want to see.
"Meet 6 Black trailblazers fighting racism: "I didn't come to play; I came to dismantle white supremacy. The Daily Wire, headed by bestselling author and popular podcast host Ben Shapiro, is a leading provider of conservative news, cutting through the mainstream media’s rhetoric to provide readers the most important, relevant, and engaging stories of the day. Cullors co-founded the prison activist organization Dignity and Power Now, which succeeded in advocating for a civilian oversight board.
“We are super versed on, sort of, ideological theories.”. As you can see during the interview with the Real News Network, BLM founder Patrisse Cullors admits she and her cohorts are “trained Marxists.” “We actually do have an ideological frame.
“We foster a queer‐affirming network,” BLM adds. [21], She is also a board member of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, having led a think tank on state and vigilante violence for the 2014 Without Borders Conference.
In the “What We Believe” section of the official BLM site, the organization calls for the “national defunding of police” and for the “disruption” of the nuclear family. "Black Lives Matter Founders: The 100 Most Influential People of 2020", "PATRISSE CULLORS – Power: From the Mouths of the Occupied", "‘Dignity and Justice’: An Interview with Patrisse Khan-Cullors", Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin, Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement, Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patrisse_Cullors&oldid=986270549, University of California, Los Angeles alumni, Wikipedia temporarily semi-protected biographies of living people, Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, With Opal Tometi, and Alicia Garza (as "The Women of #BlackLivesMatter") listed as one of the nine runners-up for, In June 2020, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the first LGBTQ, This page was last edited on 30 October 2020, at 20:30. Patrisse Cullors (born June 20, 1983), an American artist and activist, is a co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement. [14] Cullors created the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter in 2013 to corroborate Garza's use of the phrase in making a Facebook post about the Martin case. A journalist who interviewed her for Rolling Stone noted that Cullors turns to art "as a complimentary form of resistance-building."
If you’re with us, add your name to the petition right now and help us spread the word.”. "The Role of Spirit in the #BlackLivesMatter Movement: A Conversation with Activist and Artist Patrisse Cullors". [2] She also received an MFA from USC. [6] In 2016, she married Janaya Khan, a social activist who co-founded Black Lives Matter Toronto.[31][32]. Frantz Fanon is another inspiration, his "work on colonial violence in Algeria and across the Third World [making] timely connections" for the understanding of the context in which Black people live across the world. [10][11], Along with community organizers and friends Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi, Cullors founded Black Lives Matter. President "Trump not only needs to not be in office in November but he should resign now," says co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Patrisse Cullors. He is not fit for office." [19], In February 2020, she co-endorsed Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries. “Hate speech, which is what we’re seeing coming out of white nationalists groups, is not protected under the First Amendment rights,” she said.
[23], Cullors defines herself as an prison, police and "militarization" abolitionist,[24] a position she says is inspired by "a legacy of black-led anti-colonial struggle in the United States and throughout the Americas".
She grew up in Pacoima, a low-income neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley,[2] and attended Cleveland High School in Reseda. [6] She was involved with the Jehovah's Witnesses as a child, but later grew disillusioned with the church. Moreover, in recently resurfaced video from 2015, Cullors made clear the organization’s ideological foundation, expressly stating that she and others in the movement are “trained Marxists.”, “Well, I’m hands down – Trump not only needs to not be in office in November but he should resign now,” Cullors told CNN “The Lead” host Jake Tapper, on Friday (see below). "Trump needs to be out of office.
“We call for an end to the systemic racism that allows this culture of corruption to go unchecked and our lives to be taken,” the site reads. She told an interviewer in 2015 that "seeking spirituality had a lot to do with trying to seek understanding about my conditions—how these conditions shape me in my everyday life and how I understand them as part of a larger fight, a fight for my life. Over the weekend, Black Lives Matter (BLM) founder Patrisse Cullors confirmed that one of the radical group’s “goals” is to remove President Donald Trump from the White House, stressing that voting him out in November is not good enough and that he should “resign” right now.
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[20] However, the group did not succeed in its efforts. “Trump needs to be out of office. [8], Cullors teaches at Otis College of Art and Design in the Public Practice Program. The Daily Wire, headed by bestselling author and popular podcast host Ben Shapiro, is a leading provider of conservative news, cutting through the mainstream media’s rhetoric to provide readers the most important, relevant, and engaging stories of the day. Jails. He is not fit for office. [29], Asked whether she believed in violence as a method of protest, she has said that she believes in "direct action, but nonviolent direct action", and that this was also the belief of the Black Lives Matter movement. [24] She also cites Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin and Mao Zedong, as "provid[ing] a new understanding around what our economies could look like". [26] She draws on various ideological inspirations. One is black feminists such as Audre Lorde and her "Black, queer, feminist lens",[24] as well as bell hooks : both "helped [her] understand [her] identity". Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a, OOPS: Millions Mistakenly Raised For Black Lives Matter Charity That Connects Cops To Communities.
[30], Cullors identifies as queer. Marxism is important for Christians to understand, because it is Navigation0 And so what we are going to push for is a move to get Trump out.”, “While we’re also going to continue to push and pressure vice president Joe Biden around his policies and relationship to policing and criminalization, that’s going to be important,” the BLM founder said.
A 2015 video clip has surfaced of an interview with Black Lives Matter founder Patrisse Cullors in which she assures her interviewer that the group has an underlying ideology, saying, "We're trained Marxists." Patrisse Cullors (born June 20, 1983), an American artist and activist, is a co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Cullors integrates ideas from critical theory, as well as social movements around the world, in her activism. Over the weekend, Black Lives Matter (BLM) founder Patrisse Cullors confirmed that one of the radical group’s “goals” is to remove President Donald Trump from the White House, stressing that voting him out in November is not good enough and that he should “resign” right now.