Satire Or Reality? Read This Ridiculous GoFundMe And Tell Me If It’s Just A Phenomenal Troll

Meet Doaa Magdy, the organizer of the GoFundMe called “Help Doaa Heal from Racial Trauma.” Her monetary goal is $4,700, which is apparently how much she thinks it will cost to “heal from racial trauma” that she has suffered. Y’all, this is a real GoFundMe campaign that is still active and to which you can still donate. Luckily for the public, she gives lots of details of exactly how she suffered this trauma, so we can know exactly what we’re donating to. And it basically a how-to for fragile, entitled, snowflake, identity politics victimhood. It’s gorgeous. Masterful, even. It’s just got to be satire, right? This is fake, right? RIGHT?! Because it’s so thoroughly and completely ridiculous that I almost can’t believe it’s real. But these days, who knows. There really are people like this. There are people out there who would unironically nod along with this.

She details her location giving specifics about exactly what “stolen land” she’s living on. Y’all, it’s detailed and extremely accurate. Girl’s done her homework, that’s for sure. Spoiler: she’s in Vancouver. She explains she’s a “Nubian Afro-Indigenous interdisciplinary artist and decolonial practice-based researcher.” I… don’t even know what that means that her job is. Then she describes the “racial trauma” from an event connected to her work with a “charitable Arts Organization.”

According to her description of the traumatic events that apparently took place on April 7-8, 2022,

On the 7th, I faced racist and transphobic remarks from an artistic director working in one of BC’s school districts. On the 8th, I witnessed a culturally appropriated performance by a local non-Black Hip Hop instructor, who publicly humiliated me and the Black community after I highlighted her lack of cultural and historical context about Hip Hop. This had to be addressed, as it to could be harmful for the children she educates in schools. She admitted that her dance school does not have a single Black instructor because they lack the “TEN years of experience she’s looking for.” My employer took no action with either the transphobic educator or the dance instructor; not even an email of acknowledgment was sent to the colleagues in support of the only Black employee.”

“I had a mental breakdown and left the event early with permission from my employer, only to later receive a text that the staff photo was overlooked and was taken without me; I was excluded, which further alienated me. Additionally, after this traumatic event, celebratory messages were shared internally about how “successful” the event was, completely dismissing my trauma until I brought these insensitive and hurtful messages to their attention.”

“Racial trauma has tremendously impacted my mental and physical health in ways I never experienced before. I haven’t been eating, drinking or sleeping well. My sense of taste and smell changed. Even food I used to enjoy smells repulsive. I have severe neck and shoulder pain that I am currently treating out of pocket since my extended health coverage through work has been exceeded. I have suffered multiple anxiety attacks in public, which is why I limited commuting on public transit and am using Lyft/Uber instead. My ADHD symptoms worsened, as my brain feels extremely overwhelmed trying to navigate ways to cope with the trauma, financial burden, and stress. Most of the time, I have extreme fear of leaving my apartment unless I am with my friends. It takes me hours to plan leaving, and a lot of times, I get so physically exhausted from thinking and planning, I just give up and don’t leave.”

There’s so much more. Read the whole thing here. She even gave an update on September 5th, detailing the expenses being paid for with the funds from her GoFundMe campaign.

So here’s my thought. I think it must be satire, and the reason I think so is that she says in her Twitter bio that she’s “Jordan Peele and Jeff Barnaby’s future competition.” Jordan Peele is a comedian, famous from Key and Peele on Comedy Central. So does she fancy herself a comedian who is future competition for Peele? If so, then that tells me this is just really good satire, and bravo to her for this epic troll.

The terrifying thing is that I literally cannot tell for sure whether this is real or satire. And that is so terrifying.