Author and activist Jeffery Shaun King (born September 17, 1979) is one of the founding members of Real Justice PAC. This includes the Black Lives Matter movement, which he actively promotes on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter.
Early Life and Career
In addition to his upbringing in Kentucky, King also attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, where he earned his bachelor’s degree. As a Morehouse student, King was elected SGA president and received the Oprah Winfrey Scholarship.
After graduating from college, he taught high school English in Atlanta. After that, he became a pastor and founded Courageous Church in Atlanta. HopeMob.org was one of many online campaigns King launched during this time period to raise awareness of his legacy. The University of Arizona granted him an advanced degree later on.
Writing for The Intercept and The Appeal while a resident at Harvard Law School’s Fair Punishment Project was an honor for King. He’s previously written for the New York Daily News, Daily Kos, Tom Joyner Morning Show, and The Young Turks, among other places. For example, in 2018, King co-founded and launched the Real Justice PAC, a PAC that supports progressive candidates running for district attorney offices.
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Controversy
Customer purchases from Shaun King’s clothing brand, A Real One, have been accused of being scammed. Eight months after the company’s debut, many customers have still not received their orders, according to Newsweek.
The clothing brand’s customers took to social media to air their grievances, claiming they had not received their orders.
According to comedian and TV personality Ashley Ray
“It’s been 8 months since Shaun King’s “Private Clothing Line” started selling $165 hoodies and there hasn’t been an update since October, the entire Instagram account has been deleted, and the last remaining comments were people saying that they still hadn’t received their orders.”
“lmaooo Shaun King really blocked me on Instagram on his main acct and all his scam side hustle accounts, that’s so thorough,” Ray wrote on the brand’s Instagram account after finding out that she couldn’t view the account.
On the heels of reports claiming that his clothing label had been scamming customers, King sent a statement to Newsweek. There were nearly 3,500 orders and everyone was shipped, according to the message he sent. “They’re all there. 2 or 3 times at most About 150 customers’ orders were canceled or delayed due to their relocation or other shipping issues. These 150 customers have had their orders resent or their refunds processed.
If any of our customers have fallen through the cracks, we’ve just sent an email to our entire customer base to ask them to email us,” the email continued. They requested refunds or exchanges for two orders that had gone wrong. We also had 75-100 customers with incorrect email addresses or phone numbers that may be difficult for us to contact.”
It turns out that there isn’t even one customer with an incorrect contact information error who has yet to receive his or her order, he went on to say. Even so, he said, “We are here to help any customer who has a single issue or problem.”
The products are advertised as “100% organic cotton harvested by Black farmers and produced and manufactured in Africa,” according to the A Real One website. Only Black-owned print shops in the United States produce this hoodie’s printing.”
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As EBONY has previously reported
King is no stranger to controversy regarding his conduct or work. A year after Tamir Rice’s death, his mother, Samaria Rice, called him out for trying to raise money for the family without their consent in the name of her son.
A white man pretending to be black is an imposter who can’t be trusted. At the time, my 12-year-old son… A re-opening of his case is absolutely necessary. Tamir’s rights as a human being had been infringed upon. What gives you the right to make it all about you? ‘You are a selfish, self-centered White man,’ Rice wrote in a blog post last year.
The Tamir Rice Foundation was started by Samaria and her family three years after her son’s death. They later had a falling out with the activist over the activist’s alleged unauthorized fundraising attempts.
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