'Let me teach you something': Shaun King, with his graduate degree in history, swipes someone else's research

It’s Independence Day, and Shaun “Talcum X” King has something to teach you, so sit down and take in his knowledge. It’s so important, “Shaun King” is actually a trending topic on Twitter at the moment. We’re using a screenshot because we can’t find the original tweet for some reason:

So, teach, didn’t they tell you about citing your sources in grad school?

Hi, thanks for reposting the thing I spent quite a lot of time researching and making last fall!

I don’t mind that you reposted it— everyone is free to share it. I would love a shout out or some kind of credit though 🙂https://t.co/iM75JD2sCT https://t.co/uELEECOrDf

— Arlen Parsa (@arlenparsa) July 4, 2020

Shaun King has a BA and MA in History and somehow managed to complete both without learning how to cite his sources. pic.twitter.com/0Ob2TTqhET

— Connor ? (@connorfletcher) July 4, 2020

Shaun King doing what he does best… STEAL pic.twitter.com/ENLe8O7ALO

— A.D. (@AD_Renaissance) July 4, 2020

Abolish Shaun King. pic.twitter.com/0eHqYTINrQ

— ?'? ??? ? (@DarkCollegeGuy) July 4, 2020

In an age with SO MANY receipts , you would think one would learn!!!! pic.twitter.com/qffyNJPHOF

— Loverandomonium (@superskirts) July 4, 2020

Exactly. pic.twitter.com/ndR70Giwtb

— ? Fierté de Slytherin (@lorderica_) July 4, 2020

Alexander Scamilton strikes again

— Michael Taylor (@mltaylor13pt1) July 4, 2020

Scamuel L. Jackson’s best work yet pic.twitter.com/kSI0uRBt8U

— Seno Akta Gamat (@SuperDuperGreen) July 4, 2020

I can't tell you how glad I am to see the backlash on Shaun King lately. I actually felt a little guilty during the 2016 campaign when I started disliking him. I thought I must have it wrong somehow, that I thought he was a sham. Turns out my gut was more right than I thought. ?

— Redi (@RediNNevada) July 4, 2020

I had forgotten I even still followed him on FB until I saw this today, and just dropped him. He is just so problematic, and brings so little to the table as a journalist.

— Node Chomsky (@nodechomsky) July 4, 2020

Grifters gonna grift…

— KB Rockefeller (@KimBreezy) July 4, 2020

"Let me teach you something"????

— berluti boi (@asapwavi) July 4, 2020

“let me teach you something” should be the hint that we should definitely not be taught by this person.

— Danny not a Dan (@EternalBoyyy) July 4, 2020

Shaun King is proof that cancel culture does not exist. That grifter would have been gone ages ago if that were a real thing.

— The Inquisitive Elf is staying home! ??? (@Inquisitive_Elf) July 4, 2020

………….geez, it would be 10000% less blatant if he didn't feel the need to open with his historian training. He could have kept it plausibly deniable but he'd rather take the credit.

— Alexandra Erin (@AlexandraErin) July 4, 2020

This is so disappointing and revealing. I really used to defend him!! Never again. Never again.

— #BREONNATAYLOR #SAYHERNAME (@2speak_easy) July 4, 2020

Wow. The nerve.

— Santa Sierra (@santasierra) July 4, 2020

Martin Luther Cream strikes again ??‍♀️

— Jessica (@the_music_freak) July 4, 2020

MARTIN LUTHER CREAM!!!!!! ??????????????

— Dozier Dave (@DozierDav3) July 4, 2020

Martin Luther Cream! We hadn’t heard that one.

I've heard WEB DuFraud, which I enjoy

— ally / 1312 (@rhapsodomancer) July 4, 2020

That's low, even for Shaun. SMH

— BHH (@BHH_STIG) July 4, 2020

Shaun King doing what he does best pic.twitter.com/Fayc8mTiSq

— meme (@refutal) July 4, 2020

Classic #ShaunKing pic.twitter.com/uUb81Sv1Lr

— Preston EverFit™ ?????? (@EarningEverFit) July 4, 2020

Yep a thief and a scholar! LOLOLOLOL!

— BayAreaFrau (@bayareahausfrau) July 4, 2020

Fake it till you make it really works

— oJ. (@oriJanus) July 4, 2020

I’m a historian by training. My undergraduate and graduate degrees are in history.

Let me teach you something. ⁣ pic.twitter.com/T1IWzlu6pY

— Ben Philippe (@gohomeben) July 4, 2020

I spent the better part of three minutes placing a red dot on those that plagiarized in this photo

Qualifications
None that I can think of pic.twitter.com/lr6lttwwYs

— Unemployed employee of the month (@chthro) July 4, 2020

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Shaun King says all depictions of white European Jesus are a gross form of white supremacy and must come down https://t.co/3qu4H8vHyf

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 22, 2020