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Author of @WinnersTakeAll (out now from @AAKnopf), THE TRUE AMERICAN, & INDIA CALLING. Ex-@NYTimes. NBC political analyst. TED talker. @PriyaParker's man. Dad.

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    1. Megan Tompkins-Stange‏ @tompkinsstange Aug 29

      Put another, more blatant way: can you really be a social justice warrior and live in a $5 million house? Can you give millions to address poverty at the same time you run a hedge fund? 7/x

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    2. Megan Tompkins-Stange‏ @tompkinsstange Aug 29

      Part of #winnerstakeall's brilliance is to turn the mirror on all of us, myself included, the would-be change agents, beneficiaries of elite institutions and upbringings, embedded in our own privilege. We speak and live the narratives and the contradictions he illuminates. 8/x

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    3. Megan Tompkins-Stange‏ @tompkinsstange Aug 29

      And it's painful to confront. As Will Kymlicka might put it, am I a walking contradiction? Am I giving philanthropically with one hand, while simultaneously supporting policies or generating wealth from sources that compromise or cancel out the virtuous ambitious I aim for? 9/x

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    4. Megan Tompkins-Stange‏ @tompkinsstange Aug 29

      The pain of confronting this truth, I imagine, undergirds traditional resistence to critiques of philanthropy, as Dom Helder Camara once said: "When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist." 10/x

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    5. Megan Tompkins-Stange‏ @tompkinsstange Aug 29

      In #winnerstakeall, @AnandWrites casts a gauntlet that is especially provocative alongside work by @DavidCallahanIP @EricaKohl @BenSoskis and forthcoming by @robreich @KAGoss @MaribelMorey1 - an emerging conversation that will redefine the norms of the field. 11/x

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    6. David Sasaki‏ @oso Aug 29
      Replying to @tompkinsstange @AnandWrites and

      I admire this optimism. But critics have been pointing out philanthropy’s inherent contradictions and lack of accountability for a long time. (Eg Dowie, 2002). And I have yet to see a coherent, specific agenda for what to do about it.

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    7. Erica Kohl-Arenas‏ @EricaKohl Aug 29
      Replying to @oso @tompkinsstange and

      My perspective is mostly (not entirely) from 'below'. I often suggest that movements & those who strive to tackle poverty/inequality can't rely on wealthy donors to solve problems. In other words, how to change/hold funders accountable is not the only question. But I hear you!

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    8. David Sasaki‏ @oso Aug 29
      Replying to @EricaKohl @tompkinsstange and

      That is the same advice I give many social movement and advocacy groups that approach us for funding. (“Really, you’ll be stronger without our funding.”) But they point out that they deserve a living wage too and that policy influence requires money. I sympathize.

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    9. Erica Kohl-Arenas‏ @EricaKohl Aug 29
      Replying to @oso @tompkinsstange and

      I learned in my research that phlnthrpy can be very catalytic at certain (usually early formative leadership development) moments in movemnt development. Becomes problematic as stakes rise, sharpen, take on political/economic power. Good program officers then step out of the way!

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    10. David Sasaki‏ @oso Aug 29
      Replying to @EricaKohl @tompkinsstange and

      I feel you. And I agree on an issue like education in the US. However, does that mean, for example, that foundations should stop funding advocacy groups for reproductive health/rights? Access to justice? Property rights for the poor?

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      Anand Giridharadas‏Verified account @AnandWrites Aug 29
      Replying to @oso @EricaKohl and

      These are the questions to be asking, and I’m happy you are and have been asking them. I am fan of Horvath and Powell’s distinction between giving that is contributory to versus disruptive of democracy. Some of your e.g.’s seem to me to be the former.

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        1. David Callahan‏ @DavidCallahanIP Sep 3
          Replying to @AnandWrites @oso and

          Of course, though, what is"contributory" versus "disruptive" philanthropy is largely subjective. For example, charter school donors see their giving as contributory since they are counter-balancing the influence of an overly powerful special interest group: teachers' unions.

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        1. David Sasaki‏ @oso Aug 29
          Replying to @AnandWrites @EricaKohl and

          I appreciate the distinction and take pride in focusing my own drop of grant making in the philanthropic sea to work that enhances democracy. I look forward to reading the book and hope that it also celebrates the type of donor-funded social change that enhances democracy.

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