Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter organization, made headlines in April with his massive purchase of luxury homes in white neighborhoods. National Pulse revealed on May 6 that a speech Cullors gave in 2010 had been unearthed when Cullors compared his book to the “Red Book” of Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong.
At a 2010 United States Social Forum panel on “Transformative Organization Theory,” Cullers, a self-described “trained Marxist,” offered her Red Book analogy.
A young man from Arizona grabbed one of my books and said, ‘This is like Mao’s Red Book,'” Cullers told the audience in her talk.
Cullers was happy to accept the comparison, saying, “That’s what I was thinking, yeah, my book is the Red Book. He made that connection, and it made me feel really cool.”
Cullers also suggested at the time that “people buy 10 or 15 of these books and organize a youth group to talk about what’s in them and try to live and learn.”
Originally published during the Cultural Revolution, the “Red Book” was widely used by young revolutionaries to “cleanse” anyone not fully committed to the Communist Party, in addition to being the poster child for communist propaganda.
History seems to be repeating itself, as Black Lives Matter has embedded its message in public school curricula, along with Project 1619 and Critical Race Theory.
The 1619 Project, a long-term journalism project developed by The New York Times and New York Times writer Nikole Hannah-Jones, aims to “reshape American history by analyzing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans.
Critical Race Theory is an academic movement of American civil rights scholars and activists that examines social, cultural, and legal issues related to race and racism, critically examines race-related laws, and challenges mainstream liberal approaches to racial equality.
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