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Rich is the new poor
Black Lives Matter's chief and self-described "trained Marxist" Patrisse Khan-Cullors was forced to defend her real estate hoard on camera - by insisting that she sees her home in a well-off Los Angeles area as communal property.
"The way that I live my life is in direct support to black people, including my black family members," Cullors defiantly told former CNN journalist Marc Lamont-Hill on Thursday as outcry over the gap between her stated ideals and her life reached a boiling point.
I see my money as not my own. I see it as my family's money as well.
Cullors also sent out a stream of defensive Instagram posts, insisting she did not receive a salary or benefits from Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation - while mentioning nothing about her handsome remuneration for her work as one of the figureheads of the Black Lives Matter movement, the healthy paychecks she has received from book and TV deals, or the speech fees she has pocketed over the last few years. She did not attempt to deny any of the allegations regarding her profligate spending, acknowledging she had "
definitely made mistakes" without explaining what those mistakes were.
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