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5 min readIn the span of a few days, two crowdfunding campaigns raised over a million dollars combined—one for a Black teenager who stabbed a white classmate at a track meet, the other for a white woman who called a five-year-old autistic Black child a racial slur at a park. The first fundraiser was framed by supporters as protecting a young man from a biased system; the second was framed by its donors as a stand against white guilt and for free speech. Both sides saw their own campaign as righteous and the other as proof of the other side's depravity. And both, according to Asmongold, were right.
The two events that triggered a digital race war
The episode centers on two recent, highly viral incidents that Asmongold argues have created a tipping point in online racial hostility. The first was the stabbing of a white teenager, Austin Metcalf, by a Black teenager, Carmelo Anthony, at a track meet. Despite the victim's father pleading for the public not to turn the tragedy into a race war, a GoFundMe for Carmelo Anthony raised nearly $600,000. Asmongold notes that many of the donation comments framed Anthony as a victim of racial targeting by the justice system, effectively hand-waving his violence because of his race. This was compounded by the fact that the adult leading Anthony's advocacy had a violent criminal record, including assaulting a toddler.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:30) **Race War Ignition and the Austin Metcalf Case** - Asmongold introduces the concept of a digital race war, starting with the stabbing of Austin Metcalf by Carmelo Anthony.
- 2 (03:56) **The Fundraising Escalation** - Carmelo Anthony's family raises nearly $600,000, splitting public opinion and fueling the fire.
- 3 (05:30) **The Counter-Escalation: Shiloh Kendricks Fundraiser** - A white woman who called a black autistic child the n-word raises over $700,000, surpassing Carmelo's fund.
- 4 (06:54) **The Digital Race War Explodes** - Platforms like X are flooded with thousands of people openly calling for violence and hatred against the other race.
- 5 (10:53) **Root Causes: Selective Reporting and BLM** - Asmongold traces the current race problems back to the Trayvon Martin case and the selective reporting of interracial violence in the 2010s, culminating in the 2020 BLM riots.
- 6 (11:41) **Acknowledging Systemic Injustice vs. Bad Actors** - Asmongold concedes that racism and unequal police treatment exist, but argues the conversation is dominated by dishonest people on both sides.
- 7 (16:31) **The Race Baiting Cycle and White Identity Politics** - The current moment is defined by both sides feeling their experiences are dismissed, leading to a cycle of retaliation.
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