Only in Trump’s America Shiloh Hendricks has raised over $180,000 after a video of her allegedly hurling racist phrases at a five-year-old child went viral. You can watch the video on Instagram www.instagram.com/… but beware, it is infuriating. She...
The article is missing an important fact, namely that the child allegedly tried to steal from her. There is no video evidence of this (as far as I know), but it probably should have been mentioned in the article.
Not saying that’s an excuse for her behavior, but it does provide some background as to why she’s claiming to be a victim.
The person I already have tagged as “Nazi” is here in the comments with a “tobefaiiiiiiir”. Way to stay on Nazi brand.
Ah yes, the other N-word, the one for white people. Really showing off your moral superiority, aren’t you.
Oh in that case…
No, when someone robbed me and sexually assaulted my wife racial slurs are among the few insults I didn’t use because that’s not what my problem was with that asshole.
If a 5 year old white kid takes something from me ill make sure to call them slurs next time
A 5 year old taking your personal belongings is cause for a learning opportunity. Anyone who would call their self a victim is just pathetic.
What would you say could have been learned from this?
Seemed like the perfect opportunity to teach a 5 year old that stealing isn’t okay without escalating the situation with the use of racial slurs.
Talk to the childs parent. Be polite, the more polite, the more embarrassed the parent will be. Then the child will learn a lesson from thier parent.
The guy in the video didn’t seem all that interested in his son’s behavior, although it’s hard to tell if it was because he was more offended about the slur. I don’t really see any winners here, they both acted like idiots if you ask me.
She’s a whacko. The dad acted with far greater restraint than I would have (and did) in similar circumstances.
I will give him credit for that.
As a father, I can understand his reaction as recorded. He is defending his kid from essential an adult attack. Sounds like he saw her chasing his kid. Had she discussed it politely, he very likely would have been focused on the misbehavior of his own child. No guarantees of course. But the kids are 5. He may have been looking to start a game of chase with the other kid or something. They just don’t know how things are done, and they have to learn. Reacting with racial slurs to normal 5 year old behavior just totaly destroys the chance for learning.
Agreed. Clearly the slur was not helpful, as it escalated the situation instead of defusing it (big surprise, I know).
It’s just disappointing to see grown adults act just as irresponsible as the children they are supposed to care for.
This is a major L take. Your argument is to compare bad behavior performed by a 5 year old child and a grown adult, and say “they are basically equivalent”. The Internet is trying to point out to you how ridiculous it is to hold a 5 year old and professional adult to the same standards.
The teacher is hands down “the asshole” in this scenario, and I am saying this as a professional public school teacher. Yes, the five year old was wrong to steal, but the kid is five and is in the process of learning what society considers right and wrong. The teacher escalated the scenario due to her bigotry and then expected the father to be susceptive to her concerns about the child stealing stuff. She should have professionally address the behavior to the child’s parents and admin (especially if it was repeated behavior) so that the team can help the child understand why what they are doing is incorrect.
This happened on a public playground, not in a school. As far as I could see from the video, there were no teachers or authority figures in sight.
Oops, that’s my fault on messing up the context. Nevertheless, my point still stands.
> allegedly
> fact
Choose one.
It is a fact that she claims that the child was stealing from her.
And what does that tell you about what really happened?
Nothing concrete, but it’s an important detail to the story that was mentioned in the video, and the article just completely ignored that.
It matters exactly zero why she did it. I mean they could have mentioned her alleged motive it in the article but it’s far from an important fact imo.
The article makes it appear as if she called the child a slur for no reason at all. Whether her excuse is valid is another question, but you can’t just leave that out.
There is literally NEVER a reason to call a child a slur. How is this so hard for you to understand?
I already said I wasn’t trying to excuse her behavior. It was dumb and unnecessary, and clearly not very helpful.
She basically did. I don’t see a reason for taking her motives into account whatsoever. If she was a kindergartner you’d say something like “I don’t wanna hear it! You don’t call people that.” and that would be the end of it.
Whatever happened to “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me”?
Shut the fuck up and kill yourself.
…did that feel good to be on the receiving end of, or did it hurt?
Yawn. I’ve heard this so often before it’s lost all impact.
Words can and do lead to actions that physically hurt or even kill.
Would you find it so difficult not to call a kid the N-word if he tried to take your son’s toy?
I already said it’s not an excuse for her behavior but it is important context for the story. The article makes it seem like she called him a slur without any provocation whatsoever. Whether the allegation is true or not is a different story, but it’s definitely leaving out an important detail from the video.
The allegation of theft came from the same person verbally abusing the kid. What possible reason is there to believe her? It’s more likely she was just fabricating an excuse.
Yeah that’s certainly possible but it’s still unfair reporting to just leave out that part of her story.
We’ve since discovered that they can if they become the law
It’s not the words that are hurting you in that case, it’s the people with guns who are enforcing them.
I do grow weary of “news” picking and choosing which facts to present so that they can make a story that gets more clicks.
It’s all manufactured outrage if you ask me. They want you to get mad and stay mad so they can tell you who to hate and what to do about it instead of doing something productive with your life.
Without social media and the Internet, none of us would have ever heard about this incident (or others like it), unless it happened to someone we actually know, and our lives would have likely been better for it. Definitely more peaceful.
I would love to discuss with some of the downvoters why they disliked your statement.
Because there aren’t two sides to calling a child a slur. It’s verge straightforwardly wrong every single time.
I don’t really recall anything about two sides. I saw an additional complaint that the new left out context, like they always do, in order to get more clicks.
You hit the nail on the head. A polarized populace is easier to extract money from. The proof is in how much money poor trump supporters are willing to give to a “billionaire”. There is a whole economy around a polarized populace. News, poloticians, “influencers”, and various businesses like truth social that caters only to a polorized populace. In the end, this is all about money. As it always is.