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Hampton Roads’ ABC affiliate reports:
On Wednesday, the Virginia Attorney General’s Office condemned racist text messages from an unknown source sent to people across the state. The text message asked people to report to a plantation to pick cotton. It arrived on people’s phones a day after Election Day.
Greetings, Samuel, You have been selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation. Be ready at 12 pm sharp with your belongings. Our executive slaves will come get you in a brown van. Be prepared to be searched down once you’ve enter the plantation. You are in plantation group W.
A spokesperson with the FBI’s Norfolk Office said that, per policy, they cannot confirm or deny whether they’re investigating. But they ask anyone receiving threatening messages to report it to local authorities.
Read the full article. Hundreds of posts on X reveal that the texts are being received all over the country. Many include the recipient’s first name.
Black public school students are reportedly getting texts that they’ve been chosen for a cotton-picking plantation and even “assigned fields.” But don’t worry, folks, Trump’s election was simply a rebuke of Bidenomics! pic.twitter.com/5IUqShGWMg
— Audrey Clare Farley (@AudreyCFarley) November 7, 2024
People are receiving this and similar text messages, stating the recipient has been selected to pick cotton at a plantation.
The Louisiana AG’s Office and the NOPD urge you to report them to law enforcement. pic.twitter.com/ZnkvnsPrGM
— FOX 8 New Orleans (@FOX8NOLA) November 7, 2024
People Across Multiple States Say They Received Racist ‘Plantation’ Messages After Election Results
Full details here: https://t.co/g2cmStQxZh pic.twitter.com/ZvEmHIihbw
— Complex (@Complex) November 7, 2024
A bulletin was sent out to parents in Maryland to warn that “hate-filled messages” are being sent to students.
The text messages are telling recipients that they are “selected for a slavery group and being required to report to a plantation.”
Welcome to Trump’s America 2.0 pic.twitter.com/fs00kA7EFa
— Anthony Pittore 𖤐 #UnionStrong (@PittoreFilm) November 7, 2024
Screenshots shared by parent groups and several Facebook users Wednesday show unknown phone numbers referencing students by name and telling them they have been “selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation.”
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— AL.com (@aldotcom) November 7, 2024
After the U.S. Election, citizens, particularly *black* citizens, have been receiving extremely racist text messages on their phones, saying things such as:
“Greetings…you have been selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation..” pic.twitter.com/2Vji69WgHX
— Pop Fusion HQ (@PopFusionHQ) November 7, 2024
Racist messages telling people that they were selected to pick cotton for a plantation group have been received across the country — including in the Detroit area. https://t.co/9WhiQWldFN
— KTVU (@KTVU) November 7, 2024