This really started a couple years ago, but this year just amped it up. There was that guy in Central Park that said he was going to kill that woman's dog and then recorded her reaction to make her look racist. Of course, none of these organizations I've supported mention his facebook posting where he says he threatened her dog then hit record. No, they say "This poor BIPOC [wtf???] was trying to bird watch when a white woman weaponized her white privilege with the police. That's an actual quote.
Every article now has to throw in something about oppressing minorities. I was reading one about this spot in New Mexico that was going to be turned into an asphalt factory. The Fish & Wildlife Service bought it, and turned it into a huge park, preserving the surrounding neighborhood and sparing them from having to deal with...you know...an asphalt factory. You think this article would be congratulating the FWS right? Nope. They said "while it's nice that the FWS bought the land, it IS run by a government agency and with that comes the history and legacy of opression, racism, and genocide of minorities". Because minorities all have 100% awareness about what government branch owns the land they walk on with each step of their days, or something. Or maybe they can see some border around those lands that white people can't, and they know if they cross that border they'll be double-genocided 2K20 360 no-scoped. I'm being facetious, but you get the point.
Then there's a movement to rename bird species because some are named after white people from 200 years ago. So those people must be racists. Not only that, but because they're named after these racist white men, it makes black people not want to go birding. I guess because black people have a tome that contains the name of every single white person that's racist from 200 years ago. So when they decide they want to try bird-watching, they go to the tome and are saddened to see that many birds are named after registered racists, and they give up their new hobby. Seriously, I don't even know who half the people are that birds are named after, but these organizations imply that blacks have a full compendium of knowledge on these individuals and their racist pasts.
Sorry for the rant, but this has been really disheartening. I used to donate heavily to these organizations, without any stipulation as to where the money goes. Lately I've been forced to specify that it is to be used for land acquisition, restoration, or bird rehabilitation/rescue only.
I do paper crafting, mainly make cards. I also created a card making FB group that currently has over 35K members. It's a huge industry. We just went through the whole great #BLM fiasco and had influencers feeling so guilty for not highlighting black people in the industry and also companies not including black images and "black sayings" on their stamps (think rubber or clear stamps with images that you stamp onto cardstock with ink to make cards), that they all went over board and made fools out of themselves. It was embarrassing. It was like mass hysteria with people accusing others of not supporting black artist and then having YouTube videos made by some gossiping about others. It was insane.
It totally overshadowed the black women we already had in the industry that were very much a part of the industry and were admired for their art vs the color of their skin.
--Julius Evola