Rachel Dolezal 2.0, #BlackLivesMatter Activist Shaun King is White

Except Breitbart's evidence is the following:
- A police report listing him as white, where the reporting officer has come out and clarified that he never asked King his race and simply made the assumption because King was light skinned and his mother was white. So rather than do his diligence, the officer made an assumption.
- Birth certificates are not required to list the biological father, though it is highly recommended and encouraged in order to establish proper paternity.
- And a lot of speculation about a car crash and other stories.

Not exactly a smoking gun on their part. Just fuel for the propaganda machine.

 

And YF, constant media skeptic, buys Breitbart 100 percent.

 

Based on what? He's offered no proof that he's bi-racial.

And, the evidence Breitbart presented was true. Both of the folks listed on his birth certificate are white. What would you determine based on that?

King could have told journalists this story when they first approached him, instead of avoiding them.

I think Breitbart sums it up well here:

Shaun King has investigated Shaun King and found Shaun King biracial.

Shaun King Tells MSNBC: My Dad's Black, No Followup

 

You've never lived in a small town, have you? Let alone a small Southern town ...

 

If true, then it does make me curious why was he listed as white in that police report? I mean if everyone saw him as a black teen, and he too identified as such, then why was described as a white teen in the only document actually from that time that we've seen?

I honestly don't know what to make of this story now. I'll admit my initial inclination earlier was that he was full of shit (especially when I first read that police report vs. the story he'd told), but now find myself wavering the other way after reading the words of him and those who vouch for him. Yet there're still plenty of discrepancies in his story and still the fact that the only evidence he's produced are potentially self-serving stories of folks who could easily be lying, when there IS more reliable public record evidence out there that could be produced to prove many of his claims, it'd be nice if he'd actually produce some. One really weird ass story.

 

Because it's based on unverified information. No reputable news organization runs with the information Breitbart had, which all came from one blogger who admits she stalks King's social media presence. This blogger has an active, admitted agenda against him. That bias would raise red flags in any reputable newsroom.

Real reporters would take the time to actually contact people before running with any of this. The NY Times reached out to the officer on the police report that's being presented as major evidence, and he admitted not actually asking anyone in the family what King's race was. He made an assumption. The Washington Post has tried to get in contact with the man and woman on the birth certificate and has been unsuccessful so far.

You don't have a story until you have as much information as possible. Breitbart and Co. had biased, inaccurate information. They didn't have a full picture. So it's not a story. It may become one eventually, but not at that stage. And further information has come out to throw the initial information into question.

 

"Keith Broughton, the investigating detective, said in a telephone interview on Wednesday that he had not asked Mr. King about his race but filled out the form based on the observation of the student’s light skin and white mother."
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/20/u...es-claims-he-lied-about-race-and-assault.html

The reporting officer made an assumption. Didn't verify anything.

 

I'm a skeptic.

My skepticism isn't limited to the media.

Breitbart makes no bones about its ideological bent, but so far, the only evidence presented -- and everyone agrees to this -- is the birth certificate, which lists his parents as white.

Now, maybe he is the child of a "light-skinned" black man -- what does that make him, a quadroon, or an octoroon, do you suppose? But that doesn't make Breitbart's story "wrong", or mean anyone was "taken in" by it.

At worst, it means that they drew the only logical conclusion from the evidence they had, and the truth defied logic.

 

Buffalo News might.

 

Tbe Newtown denier is about to put up another $25,000.

 

"Just because the story was not correct about its central assertion doesn't mean it was wrong."

Not that it's been conclusively proven that King is biracial, but that's the argument you're making.

 

Um, what's incorrect about listing someone who is light skinned, and is at least 50% white as white?

It's at least as correct as listing him as black, even if his father was fully African-American.