US EditionMinnesota Woman's Fundraiser Tops $624K After Viral Playground Slur Incident
- A Minnesota woman last week admitted at a Rochester playground that she had directed a racial slur at a 5-year-old Black child, a confrontation that was captured on video and sparked widespread online criticism.
- The incident drew significant attention as the woman faced a direct confrontation in Rochester, about 90 miles south of Minneapolis, with debates arising over cancel culture and consequences.
- Crowdfunding campaigns raised over $1 million collectively to help the woman relocate and support the victim's family, with threats reported against the woman causing privacy requests from her family.
- The Rochester Police Department completed their inquiry and forwarded the results to the City Attorney's Office for potential charges, while experts observed that the financial backing in this case mirrors the increased support seen in other high-profile and contentious public incidents.
- The case highlighted ongoing debates about race, free speech, and 'cancel culture', as critics condemned the slur and supporters argued against extreme social penalties for the woman’s actions.
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Parents demand accountability after video shows student yelling slurs at 5-year-old | News Channel 3-12
By Scott Gelman | sgelman@wtop.com Click here for updates on this story LOUDOUN COUNTY, Virginia (WTOP) — A Loudoun County, Virginia, mother is demanding the public school system take additional steps to protect students, about a month after she said a middle schooler yelled racial slurs toward her 5-year-old. At a school board meeting Tuesday, the woman told board members her 5-year-old child was “racially harassed and bullied by a middle s…
Parents demand accountability after video shows student yelling slurs at 5-year-old
By Scott Gelman | sgelman@wtop.com Click here for updates on this story LOUDOUN COUNTY, Virginia (WTOP) — A Loudoun County, Virginia, mother is demanding the public school system take additional steps to protect students, about a month after she said a middle schooler yelled racial slurs toward her 5-year-old. At a school board meeting Tuesday, the woman told board members her 5-year-old child was “racially harassed and bullied by a middle s…
On the Consequences and 'Cancel Culture'
This week saw two odd but parallel stories. The first featured a white Minnesota woman named Shiloh Hendrix, who allegedly spotted a Somali child rifling her diaper bag at the park; she then reportedly called the child the N-word. An irate park-goer with a rather questionable background then followed her down the street while filming her and yelling at her; she responded by doubling down. The video, as it generally does nowadays, went viral. Hen…
A woman who called a Black child a slur has raised backlash — but also thousands of dollars
A video showing a Minnesota woman at a playground last week openly admitting to using a racist slur against a Black child has garnered millions of views. Maybe equally viral has been a crowdfunding effort that has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to help the woman now relocate her family. In the video, a man in Rochester, a city roughly 90 miles south of Minneapolis, confronts the woman for calling a 5-year-old boy the N-word. The woman a…
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