Gigionthat.com has learned the estranged father of tween at the center of a Tennessee bullying scandal, has a history of sharing white supremacy propaganda on Facebook, it has been revealed.
Keaton Jones’s father, Shawn White, has been in prison since May 2015 for a probation violation related to a 2012 aggravated assault conviction.
But before he was locked up, he shared a series of Facebook photos wearing an ‘SS’ sweatshirt and showing off his ‘Pure Breed’ and ‘White Pride’ tattoos.
The convict at Knox County Jail also has a neck tattoo of ‘CWB’, which is connected to the Crazy White Boy gang.
It’s unclear what type of relationship White has with Keaton, who shares a last name with his mother. White last shared a photo of his son in 2015.
White’s Facebook photos have emerged a day after Keaton’s mother, Kimberly, broke down in tears while discussing the backlash against photos she posted showing herself and her son posing with Confederate flags.
On his Facebook, White, who will be released from prison in 2018, also shared a number of white supremacy memes, that say things like ‘I love the skin I’m in’.
On another page, he shared memes that said ‘HOLY F*** I LOVE BEING WHITE,’ ‘Keep Calm and be White Pride,’ and ‘Aryan Pride,’ according to TMZ.
In more than one photo, he and friends hold up a hand sign connected the Aryan Circle, one of the largest white supremacist gangs in US prisons.
Meanwhile, Kimberly Jones opened up about her Confederate flag photos on Access Hollywood on Tuesday.
‘I mean, you know, yesterday, he was a hero. Yesterday, the world loved us. Today, the world hates us,’ said Kimberly Jones while fighting back tears.
‘And I’m trying to think that I was trying not to get caught up in the positives. We’re not going to get caught up in the negatives.’
Earlier in the day, Kimberly defended herself against accusations that she and her family are racist after the photos emerged online.
‘I feel like anybody who wants to take the time to ask anybody who I am or even troll through some other pictures, I mean I feel like we’re not racist,’ said Kimberly Jones on Tuesday.
‘I mean, people that know us, know us.’
‘And I’m trying to think that I was trying not to get caught up in the positives. We’re not going to get caught up in the negatives.’
Earlier in the day, Kimberly defended herself against accusations that she and her family are racist after the photos emerged online.
‘I feel like anybody who wants to take the time to ask anybody who I am or even troll through some other pictures, I mean I feel like we’re not racist,’ said Kimberly Jones on Tuesday.
‘I mean, people that know us, know us.’
The mother-of-three then defended the Confederate flag pictures she and her daughter posted to their social media accounts by stating: ‘It was meant to be ironic and funny and extreme. I am genuinely truly sorry. If I could take it back, I would.’
Kimberly was joined by Keaton for the pre-taped segment, which aired on Good Morning America just 24 hours after many began to question her motives upon seeing these images.
Union County school officials meanwhile have confirmed that Keaton was in fact that victim of at least one recent bullying incident.
Kimberly also addressed those who believe she is simply looking to profit of her son’s misfortune, pointing to the multiple Go Fund Me accounts that have been launched in the past few days for Keaton.
She explained that only one of those pages has her blessing and the others are fake. That official Go Fund Me has since been frozen with $58,000 in donations already received by the account.
The mother also urged people to try and look beyond their misgivings about her and continue to voice their support for her young son.
‘They want to hate me, I mean, whatever, that’s fine, but still talk to your kids,’ said Kimberly of her detractors.
‘Talk to your kids because this is – this is – this is an epidemic.’
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