

Cullors: "This doesn't seem safe for us, 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." pic.twitter.com/xQnCY4S2pw
— Andrew Kerr (@AndrewKerrNC) April 13, 2022
What utter and complete nonsense. First of all, charitable organizations have been required to file the 990 for decades – and a whole bunch of those organizations have been led by *GASP* white people. Do you hear any of those white people complaining that having to file a form is “deeply unsafe?” That the form is “weaponized” against them? No. Because most charity leaders understand that the IRS requires accountability from organizations that claim to be tax-exempt. This isn’t unsafe or violent. It’s just basic tax prep. Patrisse Cullors is non-stop victim, and I would hope by now people are realizing how much she’s played them.
The purpose of the 990 is to make sure that “charitable” organizations aren’t misappropriating or misusing donations. Like for example – oh I don’t know – buying $6 million dollar mansions with them and claiming the mansion was a necessary space for black people to “hone their crafts” in. Stuff like that.
OF COURSE charities should be scrutinized for how they spend money from people who think they’re donating to a CAUSE and not simply lining the pockets of leaders who turn around and use the money to buy a bunch of houses.
But Patrisse is super triggered by this, you guys. She said, “…if the organization and the people in it are being attacked and scrutinized at everything they do, that leads to deep burnout. That leads to deep, like, resistance and trauma.”
Hey Patty – maybe you should stop being a corrupt, radical, self-interested monster. Try that. See if that helps lessen the “resistance.”
Lefist activists are starting to do to the word “trauma” what they’ve done to so many other words that used to have real meaning and bite. Remember how awful it used to be to be called a “racist?” They’ve rendered the word meaningless. And now everything causes “trauma.” GMAFB.