# Is Shaun King (Daily Kos writer & Black Lives Matter activist) really white? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [August 19, 2015, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-shaun-king-daily-kos-writer-black-lives-matter-activist-really-white/728271 "2015-08-19T16:39:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-shaun-king-daily-kos-writer-black-lives-matter-activist-really-white/728271/201 "2015-08-21T02:54:08Z")
[quote=“Andiethewestie, post:199, topic:728271”] [/QUOTE] Yes, in that report Lemon both says that a family member says Shaun King is white and (a bit toward the end) says that the family member told him that the cause of King's high school altercation was about him being a white guy dating a black girl. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-shaun-king-daily-kos-writer-black-lives-matter-activist-really-white/728271/202 "2015-08-21T02:55:47Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Yeah, you really want me to be basing this off the credibility of the people making the claims? That’s not gonna work out well for Breitbart or his ilk. You do realize that Mr. Breitbart is no longer with us, right? He doesn’t have any ilk. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-shaun-king-daily-kos-writer-black-lives-matter-activist-really-white/728271/203 "2015-08-21T02:57:27Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > You do realize that Mr. Breitbart is no longer with us, right? He doesn’t have any ilk. Fair point; I’m sleepy. Change that to “for [Breitbart.com](http://Breitbart.com) or its ilk.” That website prospers on character assassination, as did Breibart before he died. ---
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-shaun-king-daily-kos-writer-black-lives-matter-activist-really-white/728271/204 "2015-08-21T02:57:40Z")
Brightest bulb. I’ll take the passionate letter of support of her husband over ANYTHING any white supremacist tries to articulate. Especially some creepy woman stalking Shaun King’s children; And whose bullshit gets picked up by the GOP rags and passes off as truth. ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-shaun-king-daily-kos-writer-black-lives-matter-activist-really-white/728271/205 "2015-08-21T02:58:14Z")
Oh my God, Terr is arguing that the attack “was racial but it wasn’t a hate crime…the cause of the altercation was about him being a white guy dating a black girl”. I nearly pissed myself laughing. Ok, so according to Terr then if I found out he slept with a black girl and I beat the shit out of him because he’s white then I’m not guilty of a hate crime. This is hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-shaun-king-daily-kos-writer-black-lives-matter-activist-really-white/728271/206 "2015-08-21T02:59:50Z")
> [@Terr](#): > > Yes, in that report Lemon both says that a family member says Shaun King is white and (a bit toward the end) says that the family member told him that the cause of King’s high school altercation was about him being a white guy dating a black girl. And the person’s name is… ??? useless non information. ---
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-shaun-king-daily-kos-writer-black-lives-matter-activist-really-white/728271/207 "2015-08-21T03:01:42Z")
> [@Ibn\_Warraq](#): > > Oh my God, Terr is arguing that the attack “was racial but it wasn’t a hate crime…the cause of the altercation was about him being a white guy dating a black girl”. > > I nearly pissed myself laughing. Ok, so according to Terr then if I found out he slept with a black girl and I beat the shit out of him because he’s white then I’m not guilty of a hate crime. > > This is hilarious. It sounds to me like some fucking cement head kentucky white farm boy making up some shit so he doesn’t get in trouble for being in the beating party. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-shaun-king-daily-kos-writer-black-lives-matter-activist-really-white/728271/208 "2015-08-21T03:04:00Z")
> [@Andiethewestie](#): > > Brightest bulb. I’ll take the passionate letter of support of her husband over ANYTHING any white supremacist tries to articulate. Who is this white supremacist you keep referring to? ---
**Author:** ![camille](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/22d042/32.png) [@camille](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/camille)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-shaun-king-daily-kos-writer-black-lives-matter-activist-really-white/728271/209 "2015-08-21T03:05:42Z")
> [@Andiethewestie](#): > > This is the youtube of Don Lemon and the panel last evening. > > > He’s backtracked somewhat today, but Soledad O’Brien called on twitter for all crap reporting to apologize. Okay, thanks. I couldn’t find it on the CNN site. ---
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-shaun-king-daily-kos-writer-black-lives-matter-activist-really-white/728271/210 "2015-08-21T03:08:23Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Who is this white supremacist you keep referring to? You need to read Shaun King. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-shaun-king-daily-kos-writer-black-lives-matter-activist-really-white/728271/211 "2015-08-21T03:09:33Z")
> [@Andiethewestie](#): > > You need to read Shaun King. No, you made the claim on this board about a white supremacist. To whom are you referring? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-shaun-king-daily-kos-writer-black-lives-matter-activist-really-white/728271/212 "2015-08-21T03:15:16Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > You do realize that Mr. Breitbart is no longer with us, right? He doesn’t have any ilk. Well, other dead guys sort of count. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-shaun-king-daily-kos-writer-black-lives-matter-activist-really-white/728271/213 "2015-08-21T03:24:16Z")
I suggest you all read this: > **[Race, love, hate, and me: A distinctly American story](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015/08/20/1413881/-Race-love-hate-and-me-A-distinctly-American-story)** > > Me. 14 years old. Sophomore in high school > > Over the past 72 hours I have been attacked with lies by the conservative media, lies that have been picked up by the traditional media and ... ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-shaun-king-daily-kos-writer-black-lives-matter-activist-really-white/728271/214 "2015-08-21T03:36:12Z")
> [@Dorjan](#): > > I suggest you all read this: > > [Race, love, hate, and me: A distinctly American story](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/08/20/1413881/-Race-love-hate-and-me-A-distinctly-American-story) Sadly, I think the right-wingers have already rejected that. I linked to it already and I think it merely reignited the fight. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18618840&postcount=142](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18618840&postcount=142) But yeah, anyone who hasn’t read it should. ---
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-shaun-king-daily-kos-writer-black-lives-matter-activist-really-white/728271/215 "2015-08-21T03:37:08Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > No, you made the claim on this board about a white supremacist. To whom are you referring? A woman who concocted the bogus story about Shaun and now the mainstream media looks like a bunch of idiots. And really if you want to know more read Shaun. I’m not interested in babysitting. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-shaun-king-daily-kos-writer-black-lives-matter-activist-really-white/728271/216 "2015-08-21T03:39:18Z")
> [@Andiethewestie](#): > > A woman who concocted the bogus story about Shaun and now the mainstream media looks like a bunch of idiots. Who is this woman? And why are you being so coy about it? ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-shaun-king-daily-kos-writer-black-lives-matter-activist-really-white/728271/217 "2015-08-21T03:41:35Z")
> [@Andiethewestie](#): > > I’m not interested in babysitting. Neither am I. As the person making the claim, you need to provide the cite. “Read Shaun” is NOT a cite, on any forum in the known universe. ---
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-shaun-king-daily-kos-writer-black-lives-matter-activist-really-white/728271/218 "2015-08-21T03:52:34Z")
> [@Ibn\_Warraq](#): > > Oh my God, Terr is arguing that the attack “was racial but it wasn’t a hate crime…the cause of the altercation was about him being a white guy dating a black girl”. The quote is not from **Terr**. It is from Lemon. CNN, you know. ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-shaun-king-daily-kos-writer-black-lives-matter-activist-really-white/728271/219 "2015-08-21T03:59:05Z")
> [@Terr](#): > > The quote is not from **Terr**. It is from Lemon. CNN, you know. Yes, but instead of laughing hysterically as would most reasonable people of average intelligence you quoted it as if it was relevant. So, in your opinion if you ever had sex with a black woman and I beat you up for it I wouldn’t be guilty of a “hate crime”. Glad to know. If you don’t believe the above then thank you sincerely for admitting it was stupid of you to bring up the quote. FWIW, if you actually were ever able to or have had sex with a black woman, don’t worry I wouldn’t attack you for it and would assume anyone who did so was engaging in a hate crime. ---
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-shaun-king-daily-kos-writer-black-lives-matter-activist-really-white/728271/220 "2015-08-21T04:05:26Z")
> [@Ibn\_Warraq](#): > > Yes, but instead of laughing hysterically as would most reasonable people of average intelligence you quoted it as if it was relevant. It was relevant in that he was attacked as a white dude. That is, _because_ he was white. According to the family member. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-shaun-king-daily-kos-writer-black-lives-matter-activist-really-white/728271.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-shaun-king-daily-kos-writer-black-lives-matter-activist-really-white/728271.md?page=12)