Shaun King took announced on Wednesday that his fashion startup "A Real One" would begin selling 'limited edition' t-shirts and hoodies to his 'community.' The pastor turned 'civil rights activist' enters the fashion business with a series of lingering controversies and failed ventures swirling around him.
After a much-fanfared revival of Frederick Douglass's abolitionist newspaper, "The North Star," crashed and burned in part due to his alleged "radical incompetence," King rebranded as a 'crusader' against racial justice.
This week, in clear opposition to the Black Lives Matter Movement, every single member of the senate came together to tell the movement to go f**k itself. When I first heard what I’m about to tell you, I literally thought it was fake news. It’s real.https://t.co/cGc4E9UJFm
— The North Star (@TheNorthStar) August 13, 2021
He raised millions of dollars in the name of Black Lives Matter, but not without serious questions about where that money went. He also faced questions about his own racial identity that earned him comparisons to Rachel Dolezal, and condemnation from some of the families he was purportedly helping.
The former Bernie Sanders campaign surrogate claims that "A Real One" has been in development for over a year, but at the time of writing has not uploaded any designs or concept art to the page, which has since amassed nearly 77 thousand followers.
The announcement came shortly after it was revealed that King had moved into a luxurious home in North Brunswick, New Jersey, with his family.
This has prompted a resurfacing of allegations, and controversies surrounding Shaun King, journalist Ernest Owens, took to Twitter to lambast the 49-year-old activist as "The Grifter Who Stole Christmas."
Y'all Shaun King is playing in y'all face.
— Ernest Owens (@MrErnestOwens) August 11, 2021
NOT A FASHION LINE?
Last week, he needed money to move his family out -- now he's asking y'all to give him money to buy his new hoodies...
It's almost like he has no spine or care -- he really is the Grifter Who Stole Christmas. pic.twitter.com/IulltvHF7C
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