"Just know this, there is nothing fake about Shaun King. He's no Rachel Dolezal. What's white about him is white, and what's Black about him is Black and always has been from the time he was a child."
In a lengthy statement via Facebook today, Shaun King's wife, Rai decided to clear the air when it comes to reports about her spouse pretending to be Black while raising and spreading awareness for police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement. The Calabasas, California resident defended Shaun in the personal message by letting her followers know "there is nothing fake" about him. "There's no spray tan, no fake Black hairstyles, no attempt to make himself appear any more ethnic than he already does. Whatever you think you know about him, you don't. Whatever you think has been uncovered, hasn't," she wrote. "There is no part of his life that surprises me, his children, nor our closest family and friends. He has no secrets, but he does have a private life. And no amount of ignorance will force him to disclose the details of that private life until he's ready. He doesn't belong to you. And he owes nothing to anyone."
Rai King, who is a first grade teacher, says the situation regarding her husband has renewed her courage, as she has asked him to "stop his work" several times. "For over a year now we have faced death threats so severe that I have all but discontinued social media and now go to great lengths to conceal my location and the location of our children," Rai continued. Yesterday, it was revealed that a reporter by the name of Vicki Pate has been gathering extensive information when it comes to Shaun, Rai, and their children, a move that caused him to trend on Twitter yesterday (Aug. 19).
Read her entire statement in the gallery.
Source: Facebook
