I don't understand the controversy if this is what really happened. I know the dude has been accused of doing shady things in the past but in this sitution Shaun King didn't do anything wrong here.I'm having difficulty understanding what was wrong with what he did.
I only spent 10 minutes skimming twitter but from what I gathered:
1. Clarissa accused Shaun King of raising money for Cyntia Brown and basically stealing it.
2. He says he has never raised money for her. He contacted her privately about apologizing on her platform and correcting a false accusation about him. He also threatens her and others with legal action.
3. She refused to apologize publicly. But she did delete the tweet. He then went public about her to correct what he says is a a lie about his character.
4. She puts out this statement saying he and his million followers are bullying a queer woman of color (even though he publicly critized a male writer for the same thing) but never addressing if what she originally posted about him was a lie or not.
5. People start the #isupportclarissa hashtag supporting a young queer woman and denouncing King for handling the situation like a thin skinned bully that doesn't respect women.
If I'm wrong please correct me. But is this the gist of where we are?
That tweet posted in the OP is so annoying. So this black man is supposed to take people saying he's stealing money because *checks notes* a young black queer woman was the one saying it?
Don't start shit won't be shit. if you go at someone on a public forum they have every right to defend themselves.
Also, I don't see what her being queer has to do with anything besides adding another comma to the sob story. Did he slander her for BEING queer?
Isn't there a verified picture of his WHITE father online? I could've sworn his brother came out and already said it.
I used to like him but he's been out of pocket for the past several months.
I don't know anything about this specific situation and who's really in the right here, but I've always felt the same about him.
Ya, responding to someone isn't harassment. One of the most annoying things about woke twitter is people who dogpile anyone who say the wrong thing then play victim when they're simply being responded to.Lol doxxing = responding to someone that voluntarily uses their full name as their twitter handle?
Did he do something else or is that it? Responding to false allegations publicly has nothing to do with this person being queer
THAT SAID, Shaun King also personally emails people that criticize him and implies he'll sue them so... that's sus.
That is a red flag in itself. When high six figure amounts are being raised without seemingly any oversight.This is the thing that I always can't wrap my head around when I hear this stuff. Its never anything concrete just conjecture.
It would solve a lot of his problems if he was transparent about where the money goes ... But, he's not. Not only that, he gets defensive and brings out lawyers any time that someone asks for clarity. ...
Yeah, the only person I know sharing his shit is white.Shaun King gets regularly called out by BLM members for posting black trauma "porn" on his timeline. It's no wonder his second wave of popularity after his race drama is with the white liberals of Twitter and the Intercept crew.
The red flag is the rhetoric surrounding what a shady guy he is without having any tangible or concrete evidence of what exactly that is.That is a red flag in itself. When high six figure amounts are being raised without seemingly any oversight.
LOL sorry to break it to you, those posters are Alt-Righters. They're definitely on this board. All the scum permabanned from "thee olde place" got a new start here. They are older now and know what not to say to get swift permabanned.I get not messing with Shaun King, but a lot of you guys just repeat a lot of the shit that comes straight from the Alt-Right/Breit/Milo. At least be aware of that.
There's a mob of Alt-Righters and their sympathizers online who dislike him for obvious reasons, some of them blatantly posting in this thread disingenuously. I wouldn't be surprised if some of them pose as Black people online to fan the flames.Wow people turned on him quick. He did good work and now people question it?
I'm pretty sure he's sued white publications for their nonsense also.I just don't get why he's going after black folk when there's tons of white supremacists doing the same to his name. Seems disingenuous is all.
Regardless of his innocence, his actions are not a good look at all.
No, Shaun just repeated what all the witnesses at the time thought they saw. The witnesses got it wrong because they were obviously under stress and experiencing trauma from seeing a child get shot and killed, so they understandably misidentified a fleeing vehicle. Of course, you knew that already....Is this the guy who recently went on a witch hunt for a guy who he claimed shot and killed a girl but turned out to just be an innocent bystander?
please quote the part of the article accusing Shaun, because what you posted clearly doesn't.Here's a Washington Post story about the funds raised for Tamir Rice: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...oney-go/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d84238666442
There you have it folks, the word "some" isn't taught in schools anymore.there you have it, folks; if you don't like Shaun King you're either a secret nazi, or jealous of him
white suprecamists are not legitimate in his eyesI just don't get why he's going after black folk when there's tons of white supremacists doing the same to his name. Seems disingenuous is all.
Regardless of his innocence, his actions are not a good look at all.
Got a link?Taking 40% of your donations as a salary as reported by The Daily Beast is also ridiculous for any charitable cause.
According to its only Internal Revenue Service filing, the company took in $419,000 in 2013. That same year, the company paid out about $198,000 in grants to some 136 recipients. King's cash compensation, not including expense reimbursements, was almost as much as the grants: $160,000, or nearly 40 percent of total revenue.
What, uh.... what exactly are you going for here?
THREAD: So for even further transparency, I am hearing that there is confusion surrounding how Shaun King sent out legal threats to Black journalists and activists with several attorneys cc'ed. This is exactly how my situation went down. I am now releasing all of the emails.
At this point, I doubled down and made it aware that I knew he had a history of doing such intimidation to others. I also said that Mr. Crump could contact me. He never did. Shaun King immediately made posts about me on social media, and his thousands of fans harassed me.
So for those counting, only two out of the four attorneys made a response to me in this Shaun King thread. I have yet to hear anything from Mr. Crump or Ron Sullivan, the respected Black Harvard Law professor. I seriously question if they are really cosigning any of this at all.
LOL sorry to break it to you, those posters are Alt-Righters. They're definitely on this board. All the scum permabanned from "thee olde place" got a new start here. They are older now and know what not to say to get swift permabanned.
It's been a common nickname since he started with his "activism" since he goes to great lengths to discredit his entirely white family that's all on record. It's something.
Isn't there a verified picture of his WHITE father online? I could've sworn his brother came out and already said it.
I used to like him but he's been out of pocket for the past several months.
No one in particular, though there's obviously a presence on the board.
Update.
Talks about it in episode 86 of his podcast: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-north-star/the-breakdown-with-shaun-king
He put out his own tax return from 2013.
I prefer not to make threads. But if no one here wants to do it I guess I can.Feels like this should be its own thread.
Bumping one that's like 9 months old doesn't seem like the best outlet, although, would probably be helpful to link it in the op of a new thread.
Not sure though. *shrug*
I think it would be easier to frame the discussion too, as it's sort of conflicting with the thread title, and what we're discussing now are somewhat different discussions, as this one kind of turned into something else as well, so might be better served with a new thread for a more thorough discussion on the subject matter.I prefer not to make threads. But if no one here wants to do it I guess I can.