Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:That woman is a POS and the people giving her money are either dumb or racist, but I don't really get what the money for the boy's family is for. Being called a racist epithet is terrible but clearly his family and community have rallied around him to call this woman out, which is how something like this should be handled. But dies he have expenses related to this incident?
Not begrudging them the money -- people can give and if this family can take a nice vacation or pay off their mortgage, good for them. But it seems bizarre that we live in a world where (1) trash people call children racist names at playgrounds, AND (2) being called a racist name at a playground results in a huge financial windfall for your family. Just an extremely weird system we've set up here.
They are not taking a vacation, but goodness, what if they did? What if this family who suffered a baseless attack also got to receive a gift that would bring joy? Wow! Terrrible!
The GFM is run by the NAACP to:
We’ve been asked by countless community members how they can help. This campaign is our answer.
• Legal redress and social justice efforts in support of the child and family.
• Legal advocacy, accountability, and restorative efforts, also in support of the child and family.
So the money will be used to work on the specific harm- counseling, maybe they will have to move, etc and the larger systemic problem. So relax, they're not getting goodies, just an attempt to restore damage and keep it from happening again.