Shaun King and Fox Sports personality Jason Whitlock are in the midst of an epic Twitter beef.
King, a civil rights activist and a New York Daily News reporter, had his race questioned last year at the height of his involvement in Black Lives Matter.
Whitlock took to his J. School blog to and referred to “advocacy writers masquerading as journalists.” This was apparently a dig at King’s recent Daily News story in which King claimed Peyton Manning’s “squeaky-clean image was built on lies.”
The feud migrated to Twitter when a user expressed “disappointment” in how Whitlock engaged in a character assassination of King with “lackluster racial analysis.”
https://twitter.com/WhitlockJason/status/699999768106242048
It didn’t take long for King to chime in.
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/700001957197570048
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/700002381010989058
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/700003342047703040
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/700004673454022657
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/700006799156584448
Whitlock eventually responded:
https://twitter.com/WhitlockJason/status/700014989428391936
It appears that King didn’t appreciate being called “white” by Whitlock on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/700017907506552832
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/700016267214856192
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/700022733976006656
https://twitter.com/WhitlockJason/status/700023574480879616
Stay tuned…