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Express Tribune
04-05-2025
- Express Tribune
Minnesota woman raises $500K after hurling racist slur at black child in viral video
A woman in Rochester, Minnesota, has raised more than $500,000 through a crowdfunding campaign after a viral video appeared to show her using a racial slur against a Black child at a city playground. The incident, filmed by bystander Sharmake Omar, gained widespread attention on social media platforms including TikTok, Twitter, and Reddit. The video shows the woman, identified as Shiloh Hendrix, confronting a young boy whom she accused of taking items from her child's diaper bag. During the exchange, Hendrix is allegedly heard using the n-word in reference to the child. When questioned by Omar, who recorded the incident, Hendrix is seen responding with further inappropriate gestures and appears to repeat the slur. Following the video's release, Hendrix launched a fundraiser on the Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo titled 'Help Me Protect My Family,' claiming she had been subjected to online harassment and needed to relocate. The campaign has drawn backlash, with reports of comments expressing white nationalist and Holocaust-denial sentiments, prompting GiveSendGo to restrict public comments on the page. Jacob Wells, CEO of GiveSendGo, stated that the platform does not endorse the personal views of campaign organisers and restricted comments due to violations of its policies. In response, the Rochester branch of the NAACP initiated a separate fundraiser to support the family of the five-year-old child involved in the incident. The group stated that the child had been called the slur multiple times and criticised the support Hendrix had received. The NAACP's campaign raised over $320,000 by Saturday afternoon. The city of Rochester released a statement describing the footage as 'deeply disturbing' and confirmed that law enforcement is investigating the matter.
Yahoo
11-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Shopify Removes Ye Website That Sold Swastika Shirts
E-commerce giant Shopify has removed a website selling swastika T-shirts that was promoted by rapper Ye during the Super Bowl. The website peddling the symbol of hate, was listed as 'unavailable' on Tuesday morning because the site had violated the platform's rules, the Canada-based company said. 'All merchants are responsible for following the rules of our platform. This merchant did not engage in authentic commerce practices and violated our terms so we removed them from Shopify,' a spokesperson said in an email to HuffPost. A representative did not respond to questions about why the site was allowed to remain online for as long as it did. They also did not say what specific rules it violated. Shopify's Terms of Service page states that its platform cannot be used 'for any illegal or unauthorized purpose.' The company last year had a ban on 'hateful content,' according to a past review by Bloomberg News. That language no longer appears in the company's rulebook and the company continues to sell antisemitic merchandise and Holocaust-denial content through other users. A Shopify representative also did not respond to a request for comment on that. Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, advertised the website — which sold white T-shirts featuring a black swastika, according to NBC News — in a Super Bowl commercial that reportedly aired in some regions, including Los Angeles, on Sunday night. His advertisement followed him making a number of highly offensive, antisemitic posts on social media. 'I'm a Nazi,' 'I'm racist,' and 'I love Hitler,' he said several online posts. In another, he wrote, 'JEWS WERE BETTER AS SLAVES.' His account on X was eventually deactivated. It wasn't clear whether it was a voluntary decision or one done by force, but he reportedly said he was 'logging out of twitter.' Shopify President Harley Finkelstein on Tuesday announced that the company raked in nearly $9 billion in revenue last year and that the site now makes up over 12% of ecommerce in the U.S. Its website states that the company has facilitated millions of merchants in roughly 175 countries, and an estimated $1 trillion in sales since the platform's launch in 2006. Kanye West Exits Social Media (Again) After Professing Love For Hitler (Again) Kanye West Named His Album 'Bully' After His Son Saint 'Kicked' A Child For Being 'Weak' Ye Boasts About Attention Wife Bianca Censori Has Received For Nude Grammys Look
