Victimhood is profitable – IOTW Report

Victimhood is profitable

Nothing illustrates this better than the case of Shaun King, the disgraced Black Lives Matter icon.

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Breitbart Tech: King raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for causes ranging from assisting victims of the Haiti earthquake to a fund for the family of Tamir Rice, a 12-year old African-American boy who was shot by police in 2014 after his airsoft gun was taken to be real.

King set himself up as the champion of victims like Rice, marshalling his once-impressive social media army to pour money into good causes. But after a string of exposes about the murky status of these funds, King now finds himself evading questions from other leading figures in Black Lives Matter, including Deray Mckesson.

Much of the reporting on King’s murky history has been driven by Breitbart, where for months we have been asking the questions his supporters have avoided. Other outlets, such as the Washington Post, have also raised questions, but with nowhere near the same intensity.

Perhaps that’s why it took months for the seriousness of the allegations against King to dawn on Black Lives Matter. For movements built around left-wing identity politics, there are few things more painful than admitting Breitbart is right. But now that reality has dawned on Black Lives Matter, the question that will be on their mind is: who can we trust?  more

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