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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Justin Baragona

MAGA turns n-word-shouting woman into folk hero - and blames Texas stabbing case for outpouring of support

A Minnesota woman who called a five-year-old Black child the “n-word,” and then repeated that racial slur multiple times in a viral video while defending her actions, has raised over $700,000 as she has become a cultural folk-hero to much of the American far-right.

The crowdfunding campaign for Shiloh Hendrix, which she initially posted after she shot to infamy over her confrontation with a Somali-American man in a playground, has taken off after the online right viewed it as a form of backlash over the funds raised in support of Karmelo Anthony.

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