Woman who reportedly hurled a racist slur at a Black child in a viral video has raised over $600,000 in donations for herself

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A White woman who reportedly hurled a racist slur at a Black child has raised over $600,000 for herself on a fundraising page.

Minnesota woman reportedly throws racist slur at Black child

Video of the Minnesota woman, identified as Shiloh Hendrix, began circulating on social media. She allegedly called the 5‑year‑old the n‑word on a playground in Rochester on Monday, April 28, according to NBC News.

The man recording the video, identified as Sharmake Omar, told the outlet he knows the boy and his family. The child is reportedly on the autism spectrum.

In the video, Omar confronts Hendrix, who appears to hold her own child, after she allegedly used the slur. Hendrix uses the n‑word several times and yells, “Mind your f—— own business,” before claiming the 5‑year‑old “took my son’s stuff.”

When Omar asks if that warrants calling “a little child” the n‑word, she replies, “If that’s what he’s going to act like.”

Fundraiser

After the video went viral, Hendrix set up a fundraising page for herself titled “Help Me Protect My Family” on GiveSendGo. She claims in the description that she is now in a “dire situation.”

“I recently had a kid steal from my 18‑month‑old son’s diaper bag at a park. I called the kid out for what he was,” Hendrix wrote, later claiming that members of her family are “being attacked” and that her address and phone number have been leaked.

She ends the message by asking for funds “to assist in protecting my family” and possibly “relocate.”

Hendrix originally set her goal at $50,000, but she increased it to $1 million after reaching the first target, local outlet KIMT3 reported. The fundraiser has raised over $600,000 as of Sunday, May 4.

The GiveSendGo page filled with donors expressing racist beliefs in public notes, which prompted the platform to close the comments section, according to The Washington Post.

In a statement to the outlet, Jacob Wells, the founder and chief executive of GiveSendGo, said the company “does not endorse or condone the personal views or actions of individual campaign organizers or their supporters, nor do we control the motivations of donors.”