Another BLM founder leaves

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The founder of a Black Lives Matter chapter in St. Paul, Minnesota, said the left-wing organization engages in a form of racism because it opposes school choice. Rashard Turner, who left Black Lives Matter, released a video on May 26 saying he learned the “ugly truth” about the group operates and claimed that “they had little concern for rebuilding black families, and they cared even less about improving the quality of education for students in Minneapolis.” In a June 2 interview with Fox News, he said Black Lives Matter publicly signaled opposition to charter schools, which, according to him, was “a direct attack on black families” and “on black children.” Black Lives Matter has “been co-opted by teachers unions, specifically at the national level, the American Federation of Teachers, and here locally in Minnesota, Education Minnesota,” Turner said. “These teachers unions own the Democrats, they own BLM; and teachers unions, in my opinion, they kill our children’s hopes and dreams. So, if we’re thinking about black children—doing what’s best for black families—we have to start with education.” Black Lives Matter and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 2016 both publicly called for a moratorium on charter schools, which received significant pushback at the time. The Epoch Times has contacted Black Lives Matter’s main organization for comment. Turner, in the June 2 interview, said that Black Lives Matter has made questionable policy proposals over the years. “I mean, there’s no way on earth, after these two past school years, that folks can think that things like education savings accounts aren’t going to be good for families,” Turner said. “I’ll tell you, there’s not one black family in my neighborhood here in St. Paul, that has said, ‘Hey, we don’t want that money to follow our child.’ Anyone who’s in opposition to school choice, charter schools, you’re right, I’d say they’re a racist. Because we know that charter schools are creating opportunities, we know that that money that is supposed to be educating our children.” His comments come amid criticism against Black Lives Matter’s co-founder Patrisse Cullors over her finances and real estate holdings. Cullors last month announced that she would depart Black Lives Matter but described the move as a planned arrangement, while denouncing reports about her extensive real estate portfolio as part of a “right-wing” smear campaign, according to an interview with The Associated Press. In a YouTube video called "the truth revealed about BLM", he said: "In 2015, I was the founder of Black Lives Matter in St. Paul. "I believed the organization stood for exactly what the name implies – black lives do matter. "However, after a year on the inside, I learned they had little concern for rebuilding black families." He said BLM "cared even less about improving the quality of education for students in Minneapolis", adding it was "made clear when they publicly denounced charter schools alongside the teachers’ union". Turner, now executive director of the Minnesota Parent Union, continued: "I was an insider in Black Lives Matter and I learned the ugly truth – the moratorium on charter schools does not support rebuilding the black family. "But it does create barriers to a better education for black children." Joe Biden said during his debate with Donald Trump that BLM was not a organization but simply a idea. That idea has sprouted 90 million dollars for BLM. Where is all that money going? Think about that and let it sink in. I will let you draw your own conclusions.