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A video of a young boy, name Keaton Jones, has gone viral recently. The video has gained fame so quickly, because of the heart wrenching story Keaton tells of his classmates bullying him relentlessly. While telling his story Keaton breaks down in tears and says “It will probably get better one day.”

It is easy to see how such a touching story would bring out sympathy and compassion from many people in the world, including many celebrities. However new allegations have come out involving Keaton’s parents.

From screenshots taken of the parents facebook, people have been directing many accusations of her being a racists, no better than the bullies who bullied her child, and only posting the video of Keaton for financial gain. Most of the comments and concerns explain they still emphasize and feel for Keaton’s story, and that their questions are only pointed at his mother who has also been accused of bullying black protesters over the internet and being unsympathetic to their problems.

One of the biggest controversies of the story  are if Keaton’s parents truly care about their son and his bullying problem, or if they’re only in it for the money. MMA fighter Joe Schilling says that he reached out to his mother to try to meet up with Keaton, but was denied and told to contribute to their GoFundMe instead. “She just wants money,” Joe Schilling later went on to say. In response to this claim Keaton’s sister, Lakyn Jones claimed that the account was fake and that her mother did not contact anyone or ask for money. Lakyn Jones also said that they do not plan on receiving any money from the numerous GoFundMes’ either.

Despite what is and is not true involving the Keaton Jones story, and whether or not any of the new allegations are true, bullying in and of itself is a menace in our schools and society. No one deserves to be bullied or should be bullied, whether is it in response to past bullying or completely unprovoked.