Shiloh Hendrix, the Minnesota mom filmed repeatedly saying the N-word after being accused of using that epithet to berate a child, has raised more than $750,000 since launching a fundraising campaign one week ago.
Video posted to social media on April 30 shows Hendrix being confronted by a man on a playground who asks her why she just insulted a boy who appears to be around 5 years old.
While holding her own young son, she claims the child tried stealing something from her diaper bag, says “f–k you” to the man filming her and repeatedly uses the N-word again.
Two days later, Hendrix claimed she was being victimized on a GiveSendGo fundraiser launched to help her family find a new home.
“My name is Shiloh and I have been put into a very dire situation,” her fundraising letter begins. “I recently had a kid steal from my 18month old sons [sic] diaper bag at a park. I called the kid out for what he was.”
According to Hendrix, after video of her rant was posted online, her social security and phone numbers were leaked. She said her older child isn’t safe at school, while other family members have been “attacked.”
Hendrix asked supporters to donate whatever they can afford. She also included an option for people who want to let her know they’re praying for her family. That button had been pressed by nearly 9,000 supporters during the fundraising drive’s first week.
“We cannot, and will not live in fear!” Hendrix’s note ends.
By Thursday afternoon, she’d raised more than $754,000 of her $1 million goal.
Most of the contributions seem to be for small amounts and from anonymous supporters, though several donations have ranged from $2,000 to $10,000. Others have included $14 and $88 in their figures, numbers with symbolic significance to white supremacists.
