Heart strings were tugged around the world when a video of a young man named Keaton Jones detailing the bullying he claimed to be facing was placed online by his mother Kimberly.
Keen to support the him, thousands donated to a GoFundMe page launched to offer his family financial support with hopes it would ease his pain and perpetual sorrow.
Then something interesting happened.
Members of the Twitter community Black Twitter did a little digging into the family they had donated close to $70,000 to and discovered that Keaton and his mother came from what appeared to be a family of White Supremacists, and that his father is a member of a prison gang named the Aryan Circle.
With this, GoFundMe was forced to block Camp Keaton from receiving any of the money they had hope to bag.
How social media has responded to the news?
With comedy.
I imagine keaton’s mom like the scooby doo villains
“And I would’ve gotten away with it if it wasn’t that meddling black twitter”— not grace (@omgputa) December 13, 2017
The Keaton challenge below….
“Black twitter is the CIA of social media”
??????? this Keaton shit has to stop!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/TmKWackIvq— Z? (@Coldhearted_Z) December 13, 2017
I’m weak is this the new Challenge cause I feel sorry for him b Almost coughed out my lung with how hard I just laughed. #Keaton pic.twitter.com/39lLgddZ4O
— Torre laGuins (@TManimals) December 13, 2017
???Why do they thirst trap??? ??? (IG @ bigcuban50) #KeatonJones #KeatonChallenge #thirsttrap pic.twitter.com/SmY04Xc7bI
— ure_too_close (@ure_too_close) December 13, 2017
? #keatonchallenge pic.twitter.com/4GBlkUPSmh
— jaden (@jay_P718) December 13, 2017
#KeatonChallenge https://t.co/AARJXiZwO7
— Uvie (@31_letters) December 13, 2017
Please help me out pic.twitter.com/escIqU0llN
— over rated (@Wh0ischriss) December 11, 2017
This is Keaton Jones, he lives in Knoxville and he has a little something to say about bullying. pic.twitter.com/OwRjZgnKE0
— ray (@rahy21) December 14, 2017
Is this Keaton’s sister pic.twitter.com/vk8SsPC153
— Paloma Faith Stan (@apurposefulfag) December 14, 2017
lmaoo they made a snapchat filter for keaton
— Wendy Whaleiams is a Fat Whale (@baddescisions) December 14, 2017
Y’all still want proof that #Keaton s mom is racist so here ya go. pic.twitter.com/jB9nQ1Z95d
— mary ☀ (@youtube_hah) December 14, 2017
What Keaton’s clan has to say in response to claims they were wildly vicious racists?
What do you make of social media’s response to this story?
That kid Keaton Jones finessed the world with his redneck ass lies
Dont believe these buck nosed ariyan circle daddy types
— Sava (@gravewalkerWYB) December 14, 2017
That “bullied” kid Keaton Jones father is a member of the Aryan Circle, which is one of the largest white supremacist prison gangs in the country. These are members (along with the dad) throwing up their gang signs. But I’m sure they are just “joking” and being “ironic” pic.twitter.com/QztGZzQspC
— Tariq Nasheed (@tariqnasheed) December 13, 2017
LET'S CALL A THING A THING.
The reason why bullied white children like Keaton Jones can garner countless celebrity love and thousands of dollars in donations is because we live in a society where black & brown children are dehumanized and criminalized in their youth & schools.
— Ernest Owens (@MrErnestOwens) December 11, 2017
There is nothing funny about adults making fun of a child, it’s not his fault that his parents are white supremacists, disgusting behavior.
You want them to sympathise with him but does Keaton’s mom sympathise with the slain black teens she mocked when she mocked Kaepernick’s kneeling? Black people are tired of having to take the moral high ground when it comes to racism because kindness and forgiveness expected from us is never extended to us. Therefore…ha ha.
Exactly! Ha ha all the way. Fk them.
@Melanin Mandy
Attack his mother all you want, but don’t come for the kid, it’s just wrong, that’s all.
You’re right but this is exactly how kids grow up to be racist adults. There’s no doubt in my mind that this little kid hates blacks, it’s a learnt behavior.
I don’t agree with them making fun of the kid but I def have no problem with them making a mockery of the situation because that’s what they get.
He’s going to be racist because his parents are not because black people (who mind you were the main people supporting him) are teasing him online . I’m so tired of people trying to put the responsibility of killing racism on the people who are actually killed by it. You wouldn’t allow a homophobe to be homophobic just because they were teased by gays in the past so why should black people be any different?
@Meme
My only problem is that they shouldn’t come for the kid, that’s what he is, a kid, it’s wrong, period.
Yup, my agenda is calling your a** out on the racist overtones that permeate 99% of your comments on this blog.
STFU. You’re quick to label Black Twitter’s comedic response to the situation as “disgusting behavior,” but you’re silent on the actions of this kid’s white supremacist parents? Isn’t that disgusting behavior as well?
Exactly!! Notice how the people upset with this aren’t even talking about the fact that his dad is part of a white suprematist gang that is wanted by the FBI. It shows that a lot of white people are unfazed by white supremacy.
@Hmmm
I’m not silent about anything, I clearly said in my comment that his parents are white supremacists, you only see what you want to see.
@S******
Please…You might fool some people on this blog, but not me. Your statement was a condemnation of Black Twitter. Simply stating what his parents are (i.e. “white supremacists”) is not a condemnation of their behavior. Try again.
You are clearly on an agenda, I don’t support white supremacists or Afrocentrics for that matter, wherever you believe that or not, it’s up to you, I honestly don’t care what people think of me on the web.
Let’s not forget that the black community helped this go viral. This response is warranted because they almost put money in the pockets of a family who support the abuse we face. The dad is literally part of a white supremacy gang? This is too much. That little boy should Blame his parents for this mess. #Lol
Still not the kids fault. Besides that, I don’t know why y‘all are throwing money after a bullied kid. What for? So he can be a nice car to not get bullied again?
Regardless of his mother’s actions. Keaton is still being bullied, which isn’t okay and could possible stir him in a direction to harm himself or others. As for the money, people should be more careful where they decide to throw their money, but don’t punish this boy for his mom’s actions
We don’t care about racist baby shrek!
Hope they beat his racist little ass err day
Guys this is the thing it’s still a child.Nobody should be bullied. Racism is a learnt behavior so because his parents are ignorant fools and he only followed with what they taught him he deserves to bullied for the rest of his life? They don’t deserve the $$$ but the mom should have never posted the video because now he has to pay for her ignorance which is sad.
I don’t feel bad for racist
“A kid should not be bullied regardless” that would be cute and so if it wasn’t for the fact that this ugly was troll baby was actually bullied for picking on black kids. So there ya go. F*** Suicidal Ho and his flawed logic
Ugly ass***
So they are now going after the kid, instead of the mother. Wow, you‘re great. Very good people, hope you‘re proud of yourselves.
But there your are with your hypocrisy. Should a black child be put in child cause of his gangsta father? According to your logic, it should. The kid is to blame for the behavior of the parents, so the cops are right to judge all black people? Y‘all are s***. Seriously. Y‘all are human s***.
Define gangsta please? Then, please explain how being a “gangsta” equates to being part of a group which has been torturing and murdering human beings for decades.
If he ugly, he ugly. TF
#allimsaying if GoFundMe doesn’t cough up the coins, best believe one of them if not all, are going on a killing spree
I’m sorry its hard for me to care about the kid when I know the parents are responsible for the hate color kids are getting due to people like them. Kids tend to repeat what their parents say and do.I doubt this kid is any different. As for the gofund me, STOP it they don’t need any effen money .
Thank you! Very well-said!
IDGAF ABOUT HIM OR HIS FAMILY.. I DONT FEEL BADD FOR HIM AT ALL!! HE RUNNIN AROUND CALLIN KIDS N****** … HE NEED THAT A** TAPPED !!! AND GET THAT NOSE FIXED!