... which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
, published a valuable piece of journalism Wednesday on the sheer size of philanthropic commitment to left-wing "racial justice" measures.
With nearly 3,000 words of interviews and assorted content, he explores how much money — nearly $25 billion it turns out — was donated by progressive elites to divisive
...politicians call things
divisivewhen when the other side sez something they don't like. Their own statements are never
divisive,they're
principled...
racial endeavors after the May 2020 killing of St. George Floyd
...the patron saint of Minneapolis, a sterling example for our children and indeed for us all. St. George was martyed by the Devil's agents in blue while standing on a street corner preaching tolerance and racial justice or something like that...Before Floyd’s death, Candid — a website for wealthy "people who want to change the world with the resources they need to do it" — said philanthropic entities provided about $3 billion in "racial equity funding" from 2011-19. Since then, Candid found, "50,887 grants valued at $12.7 billion" and "177 pledges valued at $11.6 billion."
Among the top funders are the Ford Foundation, at $3 billion; Mackenzie Scott, at $2.9 billion; JPMorgan Chase & Co. Contributions Program, at $2.1 billion; W.K. Kellogg Foundation, $1.2 billion; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, $1.1 billion; Silicon Valley Community Foundation, $1 billion; Walton Family Foundation, $689 million; The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, $438 million; and the Foundation to Promote Open Society,
...George Soros’s little project funder...
$350.5 million.This is the largest amount of philanthropy ever spent on one cause in such a short period — probably by a factor of 10.
This institutional caving-in to bogus theories of racial inequity and victimhood is mind-blowing and also poses a great danger to Democrats because these causes are so far left of where even their voters are, much less where everyday Americans are.
Some liberal strategists worry about unintended political consequences from this surge in virtue signaling.
Matt Bennett, senior vice president of Third Way, a center-left think tank, told Edsall:
"Whether inadvertent or not, some progressive foundations are funding work that is shortsighted and harmful to the long-term progress they hope to achieve. It’s crystal clear that some ideas being pushed by activists and funded by lefty foundations go beyond that paradigm, treading into territory that is flat-out politically toxic and that undermine our collective goals."
And it’s all failing, too.
"Defund the Police" was voted down in Minneapolis two months ago and performed worst in areas with the largest black populations — where a whopping 61% opposed. Wealthier, liberal strongholds supported the preposterous amendment to disband the city’s police department by a 57-43 margin.
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