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The $500,000 N-Word: Shiloh Hendrix Becomes a 21st-Century Legend

Posted on | May 3, 2025 | No Comments

Shiloh Hendrix was at a park in Rochester, Minnesota, when she says a child stole something from her infant son’s diaper bag. In response, she called the child the n-word, and was then confronted by a man who recorded her on video. That video went viral, as a result of which Hendrix was doxxed and threatened. So she put up a fundraiser with a goal of $1,000 to enable her to relocate for her family’s safety.

As of 9 a.m. ET this morning, she’d raised more than $500,000.

Man, if saying the n-word is worth $500,000, I know some people who would be richer than Bill Gates. But beyond the cheap laughs, what exactly is going on here? In part, I think it’s a reaction to the absurdity of a Kamelo Anthony fundraiser that collected more than $500,000. Some people are just fed up — they are sick and tired of being sick and tired.

Far be it from me to endorse or encourage rudeness. We should strive to be courteous and civil, even when provoked. Keeping a “stiff upper lip” in crisis situations is a duty that a gentleman ought never neglect. Yet courtesy, properly understood, is rooted in empathy, and it strikes me as curious that in 21st-century America, lower-class whites are somehow seen as undeserving of the kind of empathy that we are usually expected to extend to the poor. J.D. Vance would understand this, I think. His memoir Hillbilly Elegy is about the plight of poor whites in an era when our elite find it convenient to pretend that such people don’t exist, or that the problems of poor whites are unworthy of concern as a matter of public policy. And guess what? That’s how you get more Trump.

Predictably, the mainstream media are oblivious to this aspect of the Shiloh Hendrix saga. The media narrative is about “white nationalists” using her as a rallying cry, and I suppose that every liberal commentator in the country who hasn’t already written a column about it will have such a column online by Monday. Instead of shrieking about the menace of “white nationalists,” however, intelligent people should be asking questions about the underlying conditions that inspire such attitudes.

It has not escaped my notice that some people on social media are claiming that the man who recorded the video is a Somali immigrant who has been charged with raping a 16-year-old. While I cannot verify that claim, (a) it’s obvious the man recording the video has some kind of foreign accent, (b) obviously there are Somali immigrants in Rochester, Minnesota, and (c) some of these immigrants are implicated in crimes.

Google “Somali Rochester Minnesota” and you find:

The Somali community in Rochester, Minnesota is well-served by various organizations providing support and services. The Rochester Somali Community Center (RSCC) is a prominent immigrant-led, minority-run organization that offers services focused on self-sufficiency and cultural preservation. Additionally, the Somali Community Resettlement Services (SCRS) provides assistance with basic needs, resources, and acclimation to American life. Other organizations and initiatives contribute to the Somali community’s well-being in Rochester.

Is this relevant to the Shiloh Hendrix story? Perhaps so, but there is no “Rochester White Community Center” to give us that side of the story.

UPDATE: OK, so the guy who recorded the video is named Sharmake Omar, which is the same name as one of two men who were accused of assaulting a 16-year-old runaway in 2022, but the prosecutor had those charges dismissed in March of this year. So there’s that.

UPDATE II: It was claimed that the child Shiloh Hendrix shouted at is autistic. So this is relevant:

UPDATE III: Speaking of fraud, it has been so prevalent in Minnesota’s welfare programs that the state’s Department of Human Services Commissioner Jodi Harpstead was forced to step down earlier this year.



 

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