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You should go do some research on him before defending him. He pretends to be black to exploit people and guilt them into giving him money. Dude is a wannabe Al Sharpton, except Sharpton is actually black.The Shaun King controversy, explained
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It's fucked to deny someone their racial identity specifically by now deciding that you're going to reverse the long-standing and predominant standard that whites have used to exclude mixed race people from being white. The so called "one-drop rule" has made life hard and dangerous for people of mixed race for hundreds of years in the United States and was a legal standard as recently as during segregation and is still used by racists to this day (despite your arbitrary reversal of this standard for the purpose of your argument that Shaun King is not black). With that said, racial identity is complicated and there are intelligent and legitimate discussions that occur within the black community about colorism: e.g. that black people with lighter skin have a different experience of racism than black people with darker skin. But your reposting of this oversimplified supposed attack on Shaun King's race is purely an attempt to discredit him and deny him a voice. I don't personally follow his discourse on race so I'm not going to defend everything that he's ever said. But seriously, it's racist to post this shit because presumably this apparent criticism is due to some issue you have where you are uncomfortable when black people talk about how racism is still a thing and your knee jerk reaction is to discredit and silence by any means necessary. You need to take a long hard look in the mirror then do an ounce of work to educate yourself.View attachment 278613
You should go do some research on him before defending him. He pretends to be black to exploit people and guilt them into giving him money. Dude is a wannabe Al Sharpton, except Sharpton is actually black.
2nd google search image for worthless grifter. Very apropos seeing as TalcumX here was a huge Bernie supporter.
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The Shaun King controversy, explained
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It's fucked to deny someone their racial identity specifically by now deciding that you're going to reverse the long-standing and predominant standard that whites have used to excluded mixed race people from white society. The so called "one-drop rule" has made life hard and dangerous for people of mixed race for hundreds of years in the United States and was a legal standard as recently as during segregation and is still used by racists to this day (despite your arbitrary reversal of this standard for the purpose of your argument that Shaun King is not black). With that said, racial identity is complicated and there are intelligent and legitimate discussions that occur within the black community about colorism: e.g. that black people with lighter skin have a different experience of racism than black people with darker skin. But your reposting of this oversimplified supposed attack on Shaun King's race is purely an attempt to discredit him and deny him a voice. I don't personally follow his discourse on race so I'm not going to defend everything that he's ever said. But seriously, it's racist to post this shit because presumably this apparent criticism is due to some issue you have where you are uncomfortable when black people talk about how racism is still a thing and your knee jerk reaction is to discredit and silence by any means necessary. You need to take a long hard look in the mirror then do an ounce of work to educate yourself.View attachment 278613
Are you new here? Post a fucking picture.So someone with a valid argument and an opinion different than yours is racist? Seems to me you just want to cancel the other voices and tell others to stfu and listen to me cause i am all high and mighty. GTFO with that BS
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It's fucked to deny someone their racial identity specifically by now deciding that you're going to reverse the long-standing and predominant standard that whites have used to exclude mixed race people from being white. The so called "one-drop rule" has made life hard and dangerous for people of mixed race for hundreds of years in the United States and was a legal standard as recently as during segregation and is still used by racists to this day (despite your arbitrary reversal of this standard for the purpose of your argument that Shaun King is not black). With that said, racial identity is complicated and there are intelligent and legitimate discussions that occur within the black community about colorism: e.g. that black people with lighter skin have a different experience of racism than black people with darker skin. But your reposting of this oversimplified supposed attack on Shaun King's race is purely an attempt to discredit him and deny him a voice. I don't personally follow his discourse on race so I'm not going to defend everything that he's ever said. But seriously, it's racist to post this shit because presumably this apparent criticism is due to some issue you have where you are uncomfortable when black people talk about how racism is still a thing and your knee jerk reaction is to discredit and silence by any means necessary. You need to take a long hard look in the mirror then do an ounce of work to educate yourself.View attachment 278613
The tapes — sealed until 2027 in the US National Archives — hold recordings from bugs placed in hotel rooms King used in the 1960s,
Are you new here? Post a fucking picture.
Racial standards used in the United States for hundreds of years to dehumanize, segregate and mistreat black people say he's black. Your "opinion" otherwise means very little. The only silencing that's happening here is being done by people spreading rumors and lies about his race. I'm not silencing anyone-- I'm just calling people on their ignorance and stupidity.
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