BLACK LIVES MATTER AND BIG-MONEY GLOBALISM
by Martin Barillas • ChurchMilitant.com • June 17, 2020
"WASHINGTON (ChurchMilitant.com) - Donations to the leftist Black Lives Matter movement and related organizations have skyrocketed in response to the killing of George Floyd, a felon who died during his arrest on May 25 while in the custody of Minneapolis police.
Protests over Floyd's death have been marred by arson, looting, and civil disturbances in Minneapolis and other major cities.
Yet that hasn't hampered the movement — whose supporters have been visible at the scene of the destruction — from raking in financial support.
According to data collected by Creative Investment Research cited by Black Enterprise, various corporations have pledged more than $1 billion to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Consider:
Amazon pledged $10 millionto various organizations, including Black Lives Matter.
Bad Robot Productions, which has produced blockbuster movies such as Cloverfield, has pledged $10 million over five years to Black Lives Matter LA, among other groups.
Warner Music Grouphas pledged $100 million to "social justice organizations in support of Black Lives Matter movement."
Bank of Americahas pledged $1 billion to "community programs/small businesses" — a category not further specified by Creative Investment Research. According to a Bank of America press release, however, the bank's pledge is for four years of support for communities to "address economic and racial inequality accelerated by a global pandemic," while focusing on "people and communities of color that have experienced a greater impact from the health crisis."
The Ford Foundationand theBorealis Philanthropycreated the black-led Movement Fund to fund the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL), which is a coalition that promotes a radical "Vision 4 Black Lives" to which foundations have pledged more than $100 million.
These philanthropic institutions work in concert with "allies," such as the Hill-Snowdon Foundation, Solidaire, the NoVo Foundation, the Association of Black Foundation Executives, the Neighborhood Funders Group–Funders for Justice, anonymous donors and many more."
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