Jeff Bezos' ex MacKenzie Scott on her billions: 'There's no question' that wealth is a result of 'collective effort' and 'social structures.' (via CNBCMakeIt)
"Like many, I watched the first half of 2020 with a mixture of heartbreak and horror," Scott wrote. "Life will never stop finding fresh ways to expose inequities in our systems; or waking us up to the fact that a civilization this imbalanced is not only unjust, but also unstable."
Indeed, the coronavirus pandemic has ravaged the poorest people the most significantly. The World Bank estimates that the Covid-19 pandemic"Opportunities that flowed from the mere chance of skin color, sexual orientation, gender, or zip code may have yielded resources that can be powerful levers for change. People troubled by recent events can make new connections between privileges they've enjoyed and benefits they've taken for granted," Scott wrote.
Scott said she made donations to 116 organizations working toward goals like racial equity, LGBTQ+ equity, gender equity, economic mobility, functional democracy, public health and climate change.
Scott's ex husband, Bezos, has not signed The Giving Pledge and has long been criticized for his lack of generosity in philanthropy. However, more recently Bezos started the
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