Oh, Muthafrak this!
This is c.r.a.p.
I've never wondered whether Shaun was White or Black or mixed-race or none of the above. It doesn't matter, it never did, I don't care. This little game of "Who'se your Daddy?" is just plain disgusting. It was disgusting when Rachel Dolezal was attacked and mocked for "passing", it's disgusting now. The idea that he's being required to declare himself and produce documentation to back it up? Oh, Hell No!
And the idea that this has all come from a pack of rabit Brietbarters, who somehow have credibility for anything - ANYTHING - is just beyond imagination. It's beyond Swiftboating.
Stop it. Right now. Just stop.
Shaun King is my one of us. He's a progressive, he's fighting the right fight. He's shown that, he's proven that. That's all that counts.
When exactly did he get his #BlackLivesMatter official decoder ring and ID badge? What's up with any person who speaks up against Racism having to be in #BLM now? I'm not in #BLM, they haven't called me up to recruit - I haven't gotten an official #BLM t-shirt - what's up with that noise?
He's spoken truth, and hurt the opposition and now they're trying to take him out of the game, Don't let them.
10:45 AM PT: Thanks for the discussion, several people have noted that these attacks are really about painting Shaun as a serial liar and discrediting his work thereby neutralizing the impact of #BlackLivesMatter. I brought it up in the diary, but I never thought of Shaun as a "#BlackLivesMatter" activist, I've felt he was a journalist and blogger who documented the truth. Again, CNN didn't at any time mention that Shaun is a Front Page Poster for DailyKos in addition to attending Morehouse. I found that omission odd, but I think it's deliberate - rather than painting him as a progressive, they are making him seem like a faux-black activist and by making #BLM seem like they are populated by liars, thereby undercut anything they have to say about anything in the future. It's a devious plot, hatched by Breibart and nearly as despicable as what that dead frakhole did to Shirley Sherrod. Pardon the expression but for the wingnuts who want to continue to pretend that there are no "race problems in America" except that which black people bring upon themselves and which white progressive hype to fit their ideas of political correctness Shaun is a prime scalp for the wing nuts to collect.
11:14 AM PT: Here's the Rawstory writeup on what started the feud between Shaun and the Breitbarters, it had nothing to do with any he's written on Kos, it got started based on one of his tweets.
The Oprah Winfrey Scholarship wasn't race-based, so it doesn't matter what he may have or may not have told them. The High school Mob attack has been confirmed in the comments. Outside of those false attacks, which were started by an admitted wing nut "stalker", there's no fire under all this smoke IMO.
1:45 PM PT: New York Times has run the story.
Responding to a Breitbart report asking whether he misled Ms. Winfrey, Mr. King said he “did not concoct a lie” about his race to gain admission to Morehouse or to get the scholarship.
Morehouse declined to comment on the allegations on Wednesday, but officials said in a message on Twitter that the college did not grant admissions or scholarships based on race.
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His portrayal of the attack was backed by a band teacher and a former fellow student who said they saw it happen.
They said the weren't able to confirm the birth certificate data before publication, but if his scholarship to Morehouse
wasn't race based - yes, shocker they let white people actually go there if they want to, so it doesn't matter - and the attack was confrrmed by witnesses, the bc is a moot point.
Fri Aug 21, 2015 at 11:16 AM PT: This diary here addresses here the father issue via Joy Reid who reports that Shaun told her directly that the man named on his birth certificate is not his actual biological father. His mother had other sexual partners - so that explain his reticence to get into this issue and provide "his papers" for Don Lemon's satisfaction. It's frankly none of Don's - or really anybodies - Damn Business.
Fri Aug 21, 2015 at 11:23 AM PT: Shaun's Response which repeats and confirm what was reported by Joy Reid. It's ridiculous and sad that it had to come to this. I expect this from scum like Breitbart and the Daily Caller, but CNN should be marked in the scarlet letters of shame for ever Pretending to be "News".