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How Calling a Child the N-Word Made One Woman $700,000

How Calling a Child the N-Word Made One Woman $700,000

The Shiloh Hendrix GiveSendGo campaign exposes the right’s patronage system for public displays of racism.

May 07, 2025
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by Parker Molloy

Shiloh Hendrix, as pictured on her GiveSendGo page, holds a cell phone in front of her face.
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What happens when you call a 5-year-old Black child a racial slur in public? If you’re Shiloh Hendrix of Rochester, Minnesota, you apparently get rewarded with more than $700,000 in donations.

In case you missed it, a video went viral last week showing Hendrix, a white woman, admitting to using the n-word against …

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