'Profiting off Boseman's Death': Activist Shaun King Accused of Using King T'Challa's Death to Promote His Book

Only a few hours after the shocking death of Chadwick Boseman, online activist Shaun King has stirred controversy yet another time as screenshots of a mass-email, he had sent to followers asking them to buy his book while posting several emotional lines mourning the death of the famous black star went viral. The act was perceived as if he is "taking advantage of the unfortunate occasion."

The screenshots that were widely shared online prompted social media users to heavily attack King saying that this is not the first time he used black suffering to make personal gains. Some tweets also questioned whether King is black in the first place, saying that "he is white and is just using the black cause for fame."

Responding to the attacks that made his name trend on Twitter for several hours, Shaun King tweeted that his book "Make Change" isn't generating any money and that he had scheduled the email to be sent to 250k online followers promoting the book ahead of Boseman's surprising death and that "he only edited its content to honor the late actor before it was sent out to followers."

In his tweet, King stated that "he doesn't regret the email at all."

Shaun King had previously triggered online debates after former staffers at the North Star that he heads came forward and talked about his controlling behavior and his inability to drive newspaper's deliverables despite having raised millions of money for that purpose.