'I'm doubling down now': Shaun King responds after accusations of being 'new Rachel Dolezal'

The Daily Kos’ Shaun King, one of the leading voices of #BlackLivesMatter, has been accused of lying about his race:

A prominent Black Lives Matter activist, who claimed to be biracial, might actually be 100 percent white. http://t.co/jMXMaw1qeW

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) August 19, 2015

Is Shaun King The New Rachel Dolezal? http://t.co/zAfRmcA3bW via @dailycaller

— ?It's?Almost ⛄️Christmas? (@jtLOL) August 19, 2015

The story has earned comparisons to Rachel Dolezal, and King quickly became the #1 trend on Twitter this morning.

King is currently in the midst of an explanation:

https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/634033927645212676

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King’s defense continues on his Twitter feed, where he says “the key facts about my biological relatives are all wrong,” but is taking a long time to get to the basic question:

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https://twitter.com/Sterling7Archer/status/634034595772559360

@ShaunKing So are you white?

— Orange Meet Apple (@RobertoUsasin) August 19, 2015

For some, it doesn’t matter:

Even if @ShaunKing was 100% white,who cares? Justice work is justice work. @MichaelSkolnik is white and Jewish. I don't get why ppl upset

— Jessica Disu (@FMSupreme) August 19, 2015

Tbh I don't care if @ShaunKing is white, Black, Latino or Asian for all I know he has done more good to #BlackLivesMatter than most blacks

— Arthur Shelby?? (@Blick_Oyinbo) August 19, 2015

Why the fuck do people care why @ShaunKing is doing what he is doing? Real question what are you doing to stop police brutality?

— Zeta&Sneakers (@NysseZeta12) August 19, 2015

Don't care if Shaun King is White

— Mr. Hayles (@MR_STiXX) August 19, 2015

https://twitter.com/djbenhameen/status/634033670106517504

I dont care if @ShaunKing is purple. He's been riding with the cause for longer than anyone I know. I support him.

— Will the 3rd. (@_ThreeStacks) August 19, 2015