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Shaun King Says White Jesus Is A Tool Of White Supremacy – Twitter Reacts

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June 23, 2020

Shaun King Wants White European Statue Of Jesus Taken Down Because It’s White Supremacy

Protesters have been moving to take down historical statues amid the ongoing war against racial discrimination. They gathered at Lafayette Square outside of the White House to take down a statue of President Andrew Jackson.

According to reports, a statue of Theodore Roosevelt may also be removed from the American Museum of Natural History.

Controversial activist Shaun King has chimed in, coming up with a theory that White Jesus is as a result of White Supremacy and he wants European depictions of Jesus to be taken down. “If your religion requires Jesus to be a blonde haired blue eyed Jesus, then your religion is not Christianity, but white supremacy,” he tweeted.

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😂 Hilarious. If you Google “Jesus” right now it’s me that comes up first. They are triggered. Again, if your faith requires Jesus to be a blonde haired blue eyed British man, then your faith is not Christianity, it’s whiteness. You are worshipping whiteness.

A post shared by Shaun King (@shaunking) on Jun 22, 2020 at 9:00pm PDT

Christian whiteness, not white Christianity, has been the primary religion of this country for hundreds of years. Yes, I think the statues of the white European they claim is Jesus should also come down.”

“They are a form of white supremacy,” Shaun King wrote in a follow up tweet. “Always have been. In the Bible, when the family of Jesus wanted to hide, and blend in, guess where they went? EGYPT! Not Denmark. Tear them down.” Peep his tweets below :

If your religion requires Jesus to be a blonde haired blue eyed Jesus, then your religion is not Christianity, but white supremacy.

Christian whiteness, not white Christianity, has been the primary religion of this country for hundreds of years. https://t.co/eTQr3cWTHn

— Shaun King (@shaunking) June 23, 2020

Again, what she is actually defending here is her whiteness.

Christian whiteness needs white Jesus.

It’s not about generosity or kindness.
It’s not about protecting the vulnerable.

It’s about whiteness itself.

Attack white Jesus to her, and you attack her faith. https://t.co/FrsH9ZIfl5

— Shaun King (@shaunking) June 23, 2020

Yes.

All murals and stained glass windows of white Jesus, and his European mother, and their white friends should also come down.

They are a gross form white supremacy.

Created as tools of oppression.
Racist propaganda.

They should all come down.

— Shaun King (@shaunking) June 22, 2020

Experts have long since said this is likely the most accurate depiction of Jesus.

White Americans who bought, sold, traded, raped, and worked Africans to death, for hundreds of years in this country, simply could not have THIS man at the center of their faith. pic.twitter.com/Mn1pOCR233

— Shaun King (@shaunking) June 23, 2020

This is from me in 2015 when I was the Senior Justice Writer at the New York Daily News.

White Jesus is a figment of the white supremacist imagination.

It’s not harmless.

It’s an explicit tool of oppression.

In film. In art. Everywhere.https://t.co/nNDdpXGoB6

— Shaun King (@shaunking) June 23, 2020

No, actually.

I am saying the statues and art of the European man you claim is Jesus is a tool of white supremacy.

And all tools of white supremacy should be torn down.

ALL OF THEM. https://t.co/y1tbN7Eet9

— Shaun King (@shaunking) June 23, 2020

Of course, he was met with backlash over his claims and was dragged across twitter for his supposed misleading words. See some reactions below :

Right-wingers: We’re going after your fave, your SJW leader, Shaun King!!

Us: pic.twitter.com/tCHGcUYkpF

— April (@ReignOfApril) June 22, 2020

The fact that Shaun King still has a platform – outstandingly mystifying.

— Rhonda Elaine Foxx (@RhonnieF) June 23, 2020

I unfollowed Shaun King last week after a year of muting him upon learning of his dissent. I merely unfollowed, saying nothing more notwithstanding what I know.

He’s chosen to respond by blocking me.

This speaks volumes. It also confirms I made the right decision. pic.twitter.com/nOasRvjwMk

— Staying in the Game (@AdrienneLaw) June 23, 2020

I don’t know who needs to hear this but don’t give money to Shaun King

— shauna (@goldengateblond) June 23, 2020

honestly you have only yourself to blame if your 2020 bingo card didn’t have “conservatives try to cancel shaun king over white jesus and the whole timeline goes lmao ok cool”

— Daniel José Older (@djolder) June 23, 2020