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Rachel Dolezal 2.0? Shaun King might be white!
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Rachel Dolezal 2.0? Shaun King, activist for the Black Lives Matter movement, outed as a white man
Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King, who claims to be biracial, is accused of lying about his race by conservative news website, Breitbart.
It's the second coming of Rachel Dolezal.
Shaun King, a prominent leader in the Black Lives Matter movement, may have just been outed as a white man.
Boasting a vast following on Twitter, a title as justice columnist for a social progressive website, and acquiring a full-ride college scholarship from Oprah Winfrey to Morehouse (an award designated for black men) are the markings which have made King, 35, a go-to source for breaking news on police brutality against African-Americans around the country.
But there seems to be one hitch: He isn't actually black, according to recent findings from conservative news website, Breitbart.
King has always claimed to be the son of a white woman and a black man, in various accounts online, including a philanthropic feature story published by Rebel magazine in 2012.
"The son of a Caucasian mother and an African-American father, King was born on Sept. 17, 1979, in Versailles, KY., a town of 8,500 people," a portion of the profile reads. King told the magazine that his father wasn't around, and he was raised poor by his mother, who worked in a light bulb factory.
The activist detailed his own brush with "decades old racial tensions," becoming the "focus of constant abuse of the resident rednecks" from his school on his blog, 100 Life Goals.
"I had a dozen fights my freshman year, had a jar of tobacco spit thrown on me in the middle of the school day, and came a few feet away from being run over by a pickup truck full of guys who chased me down and nearly mauled me as I walked home from a school dance," King wrote. "I reported it to the school, having saw each guy in the car, but they did nothing about it."
ALOT more at: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...medium=twitter
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I wonder how prevalent this actually is 
