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Activist Shaun King Denies Allegations That He Has Lied About His Race
The Root ^ | Aug. 20 2015 | Nigel Roberts

Posted on 08/20/2015 11:47:53 AM PDT by nickcarraway

The Black Lives Matter activist responds to a series of attacks on his credibility by conservative bloggers, who have tried to paint him as another Rachel Dolezal.

Shaun King, a prominent voice in the Black Lives Matter movement, denied accusations that he lied about being biracial and a victim of a brutal racial attack by a white mob, the New York Times reports.

The Daily Caller, a right-wing conservative blog, has been circulating posts for weeks that question King’s honesty. One conservative blogger claimed to have evidence that King’s father was white, which would disprove the activist’s claim that his father is black. King responded on Twitter to his legion of followers: “Every single person who knows me BEYOND Twitter, beyond trending topics and HIT PIECES, knows I have never lied about my race.”

The allegations reached a crescendo Wednesday when conservative media site Breitbart published a piece suggesting that King misled Oprah Winfrey by pretending to be biracial in order to receive a scholarship to Morehouse College. King, 35, attended the historically black college in Atlanta with a scholarship sponsored by Oprah. He responded on Twitter to Breitbart’s article: “I did not concoct a lie about my race to get into @Morehouse. I did not concoct a lie about my race to get an @Oprah scholarship.”

His lifelong friends also used social media to defend the activist. Willis Polk attested on Facebook to a white mob beating King “to a bloody pulp” in high school and accused city officials in Versailles, Ky., of covering up the hate crime. He also recalls that people in their rural town believed that King was biracial and often called him the n-word “just as much, if not more than, myself or any of my black friends and family.”

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1 posted on 08/20/2015 11:47:53 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Well, if Bruce Jenner is a woman, then Shaun King and Rachel Dolezal are black.


2 posted on 08/20/2015 11:49:30 AM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: nickcarraway

If Jeb is Hispanic, Shaun King is black


3 posted on 08/20/2015 11:52:04 AM PDT by Mr. Peabody
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To: nickcarraway

Both of his parents are white.


4 posted on 08/20/2015 11:52:12 AM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: nickcarraway

He’s a fraud!!!


5 posted on 08/20/2015 11:54:01 AM PDT by ontap
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To: nickcarraway

The obsession with race in this country is a terminal pathology.


6 posted on 08/20/2015 11:54:12 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country)
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To: nickcarraway

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Anybody can be ‘black’, it’s a cultural classification.


7 posted on 08/20/2015 11:54:22 AM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: nickcarraway
He also recalls that people in their rural town believed that King was biracial and often called him the n-word

So we can see which direction the defense of this screwball is heading -- he BELIEVED he was bi-racial. Just like Liz Warren, all that matters is that at some point, someone told him he was bi-racial and that's ALL that matters. What a load.

8 posted on 08/20/2015 11:54:45 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: TBP

I just read that Don Lemon was told by one of King’s relatives that he was white.

Is he just another example of liberal’s thinking that minority people cannot take care of themselves so someone else ( white person, government, etc) must do it for them?


9 posted on 08/20/2015 11:55:23 AM PDT by Ann de IL
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To: nickcarraway

Apparently, #BlackPrivilegeMatters


10 posted on 08/20/2015 11:55:24 AM PDT by LambSlave
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To: nickcarraway

Shaun in Gaelic is Sean. In Ebonics, it is Shawn. Or maybe Shawyon or Shawone. In English it’s John. In Spanish it’s Juan. French, Jean. Italian, Giovanni
So with a little coaching this guy could be damn near anything he wants to.


11 posted on 08/20/2015 11:57:40 AM PDT by Tupelo (Corrupt politician McCain trumps war hero McCain.)
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To: Ann de IL
Is he just another example of liberal’s thinking that minority people cannot take care of themselves so someone else ( white person, government, etc) must do it for them?

Yes, and they pretend not to understand how utterly racist that is.

This is why liberals hate people like Ben Carson, Justice Thomas, and others so deeply and viscerally. They explode the progressive racist myth and thus encourage others to do the same. That cannot be permitted.

12 posted on 08/20/2015 11:58:01 AM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: nickcarraway
His wife seems to be a bit aloof on the question:

“He has no secrets, but he does have a private life,” Rai King said. “His story is beautifully difficult, and painful. And I’ve actually encouraged him to tell it publicly because it is a unique expression of this country’s sordid and ridiculous history with race. But it’s his story to tell.”

This was described as defending him about a specific question about his race? Its not like people are asking to know his inner most secrets...its a specific question, and that seems like a pretty weird way to defend him if he was being honest.

13 posted on 08/20/2015 11:59:37 AM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: nickcarraway

I think I understand - he’s lying about being a liar.


14 posted on 08/20/2015 12:00:25 PM PDT by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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To: nickcarraway

He might be psychotic thus split from reality. To put it another way in spite of overwhelming evidence to the contrary he may really believe he is a negro. Such unrealistic beliefs are typical of leftists.


15 posted on 08/20/2015 12:00:37 PM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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To: nickcarraway

We need racial screening on a serological basis, and we need it now. Right now we have no scientific basis for racial determination!


16 posted on 08/20/2015 12:01:16 PM PDT by olepap (Your old Pappy)
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To: I want the USA back

It’s not the people in this country, it’s the media -— the TV screen too many people stare at day after day. As if the media were ‘the people’.


17 posted on 08/20/2015 12:01:32 PM PDT by squarebarb ( Fairy tales are basically true.)
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To: TBP

And if your aunt had balls she’d be your uncle, but she doesn’t. And neither are these people black, or Jenner a woman.


18 posted on 08/20/2015 12:03:13 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: nickcarraway

Mental illness among lefties isn’t surprising. They look at what others have and want to take it away, want to control others and are convinced they can create utopia on earth....totally crazy!


19 posted on 08/20/2015 12:03:50 PM PDT by RginTN
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To: nickcarraway; kristinn

The irony ...

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2015/03/no-whites-allowed-at-boston-black-lives-matter-meeting-about-deadly-police-shooting-of-black-criminal/

NO WHITES ALLOWED at Boston Black Lives Matter Meeting about Deadly Police Shooting of Black Criminal

Kristinn Taylor Mar 29th, 2015


20 posted on 08/20/2015 12:05:12 PM PDT by maggief
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