Shaun King is cracker ass cracker and white caucasian who long misraced himself as black, even though both of his parents are white, and say he is therefore white (obviously). In response to that, he claimed that his mother had an affair with a black man who is really his father.
The mother denies this. As does his white father. Whom Shaun King resembles.
Oh, by the way, I just remembered: I'm black too. 400 years of oppression -- and counting!
Fight the power, don't let the man keep you down, et cetera, et cetera, und so weiter.
Since bursting on the scene as the Whitest Man in Black Lives Matter, Shaun King has started one fundraising venture after another.
People have long been questioning him: Where is all this money you keep raising? Is this just another lie of the White Devil?
Deray, a black hustler, goes public with a litany of allegations against Shaun King.
Shaun has followed a uniform pattern over the years, a pattern that has compelled me to speak up, again. This is not the first time I have done so, and I am not alone. Johnetta Elzie and I were in a previous public disagreement with Shaun about issues of transparency and ethics that ended in his apology. Shaun also deleted all of his tweets and noted that he would focus on journalism and would not engage in attempted organizing or fundraising. Importantly, he made this commitment to others both publicly and privately. It is clear now that he did not keep those commitments and after a brief hiatus, re-emerged and began engaging in the same behaviors that caused the last public conflict. It is important to note that Shaun's journalism has done some good [citation needed-- ace] by bringing attention to stories that may have gone under-reported or overlooked. But the person who paints your house before he steals your car has still committed theft. I tried previously to engage offline to resolve these tensions, but his behaviors did not change. There is a formula that he employs when people ask questions or highlight contradictions: issue an unconditional denial, attack the character of the person asking questions, argue that white supremacists are attacking him or his family, respond only to the least salient of all points raised, then issue a statement akin to an apology. But he does not often answer any of the questions or offer any resolution of contradictions raised, but instead, deflects. What's more, he often bullies and intimidates those who ask questions at all, turning his ire especially at Black women, attempting to scare inquirers into silence. When asked about the repeated organizations and lack of transparency on funding, he has replied noting that "failure is not fraud," as if to suggest that questions raised do not warrant serious responses simply because he may have been an ineffective leader. But at a point, those who attempt to lead but consistently demonstrate that they cannot effectively lead should stop. We have reached that point with Shaun. |
Apparently "failure is not fraud" means that he can repeatedly fail to complete the projects he's fundraised for, or account for the money, but he says that these are merely serial failures, not frauds.
Which does raise the question: How many times does one get to claim "innocent error" before one can be charged with knowing fraud? I mean, it's not like Shaun King has any reason to believe he'll deliver on his new projects, or be able to account for the money raised any better than he did in the past.
... Shaun has continued to thrive because many people cannot believe that they have been duped, used, or taken advantage of. I have also seen people know the truth and choose to be silent, defend actions they know are indefensible, or suspend all logic in order to not disrupt previous public statements. When behaviors and actions are no longer exceptions but a pattern, we have to question motivations, judgment, and intentions. His choices are so sweeping and brazen in their manipulation that they compromise others, compromise the collective work, and compromise a shared sense of integrity. |
The rest of the post details Shaun King's many, many lucrative, but nonproductive, fundraising ventures.
I'll highlight one. It's actually no big deal in the scheme of things, because one can say he fundriased for a lark, and if he never completed his goal, it's not a big deal.
But it just shows you that this cracker ass cracker will grift for anything, and then give up after a matter of days.
But he still keeps the money, don't he?
This one's just funny, straight-up funny.
So: Let me tell you about the time Shaun King fundraised thousands of dollars for purposes of... mountain-climbing the seven tallest mountains in the world, despite having no experience mountain-climbing, and being completely unfit, totally out of shape and a tired, broke-down, old-before-he's-40 busted-ass honky.
*Mountain Climbing* In 2011, Shaun began raising money to climb 7 mountains and quit after 4 days. There is a substantive thread on this here. |
I literally cant get over the fact that Shaun King raised thousands of dollars to climb 7 mountainsincluding demanding people give him airline credits so his family could fly to Seattle with himand then quit after 4 days. FOUR DAYS. https://t.co/JBgYEeWx4b Imani Gandy🔥 (@AngryBlackLady) August 10, 2019 |
Excerpt from his book. His mountaineering career lasted a whole few hours. Not bad considering he pocketed $100k on that scam pic.twitter.com/JllSDQl9XL Onoitsmymothernlaw (@Onoitmymthrnlaw) August 10, 2019 |
LMAO I just learned that Shaun King once started a grift called "7 Mountains, 7 Continents, 1 Broken Man."
Money collected: $$$
Mountains climbed: 0
HOW IS THIS MAN STILL SUCCESSFULLY GRIFTING, Y'ALL? pic.twitter.com/0duBBan540 Kendally Brown (@kendallybrown) August 22, 2019 |
The part where he demands that people give him their airline points so he can fly his family to Seattle so they could watch him... not climb a mountain *because he quit after 4 days*. #shaunking pic.twitter.com/yHC6jd3qJ4 Imani Gandy🔥 (@AngryBlackLady) August 10, 2019 |
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