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Mother of Keaton Jones: I’ve Spent My Life ‘Being Bullied and Judged Because I Wasn’t Racist’ – WATCH
Tennessee teen Keaton Jones and his mother Kimberly sat down for an interview with CBS This Morning to respond to the attention generated by a viral video Kimberly posted to Facebook of Keaton reacting to being bullied. The video received 10s of millions of views, prompting hashtags of solidarity with Keaton and offers from celebrities.
Shortly after the video was posted the narrative changed dramatically when alleged screenshots from Kimberly’s Facebook page surfaced online in which she posed with the Confederate flag, and criticized NFL players for kneeling.
Kimberly Jones said she is not a racist and said the photo of her posing with the Confederate flag was meant to be “ironic” and “funny,” adding that the photos brought to the public’s attention were “the only two photos on my entire planet that I am anywhere near a Confederate flag.”
She said there was no racist intent: “No, absolutely not. I’ve spent most of my life being bullied and judged because I wasn’t racist.”
Keaton was interviewed as well. He said that the video “made [him] feel like he had accomplished something…something that could actually change the world.”
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