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Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King ignited a firestorm of backlash when he declared that some statues of Jesus Christ are a form of “white supremacy” and should be torn down.
Amid a frenzy to tear down historic statues and monuments that the left now finds offensive, King outrageously told his 1.1 million Twitter followers Monday that statues of the “white European they claim is Jesus” can be included, setting off a wave of anger.
The far-left activist posted a series of tweets advocating the tearing down of Christian symbols of Jesus – but only the ones depicting him as white.
“In the Bible, when the family of Jesus wanted to hide, and blend in, guess where they went? EGYPT! Not Demark. Tear them down,” he wrote, claiming those statues “always have been” supporting white supremacy.
Yes, I think the statues of the white European they claim is Jesus should also come down.
They are a form of white supremacy.
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.
— Shaun King (@shaunking) June 22, 2020
He doubled down in another tweet, calling for the removal of even murals and stained glass windows that depict a “white Jesus, and his European mother, and their white friends,” claiming they were “created as tools of oppression” and “racist propaganda.”
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
When King came under fire for attempting to erase Christianity, he shot back at critics, denying the accusations while standing by his remarks.
“If your religion requires Jesus to be a blonde haired blue eyed Jesus, then your religion is not Christianity, but white supremacy,” King tweeted on Monday. “Christian whiteness, not white Christianity, has been the primary religion of this country for hundreds of years.”
He even went on in his comments to mock and criticize those who defended their faith and the obvious attacks on it like King’s.
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
He posted acceptable images and declared “the European man you claim is Jesus is a tool of white supremacy.”
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
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
King, who was once accused of falsely portraying himself as black, included his past writings and reiterated that “White Jesus is a figment of the white supremacist imagination.”
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
Arguments with King pointing out that Jesus has long been depicted with characteristics of different cultures fell on deaf ears, apparently.
There is a long beautiful history of people depicting Jesus looking familiar to their place and culture. Jesus is not about race, and saying to tear down depictions that occur in a European-dominant context is as racist as removing them from any culture. pic.twitter.com/C1wFSr1xXr
— MrSubsidiarity (@MrSubsidiarity) June 22, 2020
The backlash continued on Twitter where many warned of the striking similarities to other moments in hsitory.
Purging art now.
Where did I see this before. Oh yes, Nazi Germany, USSR, Cambodia under Pol Pot, Mao’s Cultural Devolution, etc.
— A Bear (@Bearocalypse) June 22, 2020
There
Is
NO
Difference.
👇👇👇pic.twitter.com/IV6fcbVoaI— ❤️🇺🇸Tracy❤️🇺🇸 ™ (@BullPup2A) June 23, 2020
Shaun King is a parody of himself at this point.
— Bridget Phetasy (@BridgetPhetasy) June 22, 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
The fact that Shaun King still has a platform – outstandingly mystifying.
— Rhonda Elaine Foxx (@RhonnieF) June 23, 2020
We (conservatives) have always contended the left is largely racist. They are proving us right every single day. They are actively trying to eradicate a race because they refuse to have any accountability for their own issues.
— Reagan (@Flyingright1) June 22, 2020
So when are we knocking down the pyramids built by slaves? I’ll wait…
— (•_•) (@AsTheWorldBurnz) June 22, 2020
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