Minnesota Mom Who Called Black Child a Slur Raises Over $700,000 Amid Wave of Racist Support

A woman from a Minneapolis suburb who admitted to using a racial slur against a Black child at a public park is now at the center of a deeply troubling fundraiser — one that has pulled in over $700,000 and been flooded with racist messages, NBC News reports.

The fundraiser, hosted on the Christian crowdfunding platform GiveSendGo, was created by Shiloh Hendrix after a video of the incident went viral. In her campaign, Hendrix claims she and her children have been facing violent threats online, forcing them to consider moving for their safety.

“We cannot and will not live in fear,” she wrote, asking for help from strangers around the country.

But as donations poured in, so did hate. Many contributors, hiding behind anonymous usernames — some referencing white nationalist and Nazi imagery — left a trail of racist and inflammatory comments.

At GiveSendGo, we recently disabled comments on the fundraising campaigns for Karmelo Anthony and Shiloh Hendrix due to the unacceptable volume of racist and derogatory remarks. At the time comments were turned off, both campaigns had raised approximately $500,000 with around…

— Jacob Wells (@jacobawells) May 3, 2025

Messages like “White Unity Will Unite,” “Black excellence fatigue,” and “White rise” appeared alongside donations, before eventually being scrubbed from the page.

One donor, calling themselves WhiteTexasMommy, sent $50 along with a message blaming “young generations of whites being bullied into silence.” Another, Heywildrich, contributed $88, writing, “They call us racist because we are white. Nothing will ever make them happy.”

The fundraiser initially had a $1 million goal.

GiveSendGo’s co-founder, Jacob Wells, eventually disabled the comments and publicly condemned the hateful rhetoric. “We unequivocally condemn the hateful comments that sought to fuel division and harmful narratives,” Wells wrote on X. He insisted that donations would still reach Hendrix as planned.

Still, the controversy has reignited broader concerns about GiveSendGo’s platform moderation. Community notes on Wells’ post pointed out that the site had previously refused to shut down racist comments on a fundraiser for Karmelo Anthony, a Black teenager accused of killing a white athlete — with some posts there even calling for violence.

Through it all, Hendrix continues to defend her actions. In the fundraiser description, she doubled down on her claim that the Black child had stolen from her baby’s diaper bag. “I called the kid out for what he was,” she wrote.