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Homegrown white supremacist accelerationists?
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The FBI and authorities in several states are investigating racist text messages sent to Black people nationwide this week saying they would be brought to plantations to work as enslaved people and pick cotton.
People in at least a dozen states and D.C. have received the messages according to authorities and local media.
Reports from some states said the messages arrived Wednesday and appeared to target Black students at universities.
The racist threats roiled Black students on other college campuses, including Ohio State University, Columbus State Community College, Clemson University and the University of South Carolina.
But the messages were not only aimed at college students. Maryland’s largest school system, Montgomery County Public Schools, sent a letter to families and staff Thursday that many individuals, including students, received text messages containing racist threats. The San Francisco Unified School District sent a similar message saying its students had been affected.
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The Virginia Attorney General's Office told ABC News it "is aware of these text messages and unequivocally condemns them."
The office confirmed that the text language corresponds with the text reportedly received by an employee at ABC affiliate 13News Now in Norfolk, Virginia, which read: "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."
In an online statement, Clemson University Police Department in South Carolina said it received reports of students receiving text messages "containing disparaging language from unrecognized numbers."
"These numbers have been determined to be associated with online spoofing sites. CUPD is actively investigating the matter and working with state partners to identify the source of the messages," read the statement.
Homegrown white supremacist accelerationists?
A pack of racist trolls?
You make the call.
Link1
The FBI and authorities in several states are investigating racist text messages sent to Black people nationwide this week saying they would be brought to plantations to work as enslaved people and pick cotton.
People in at least a dozen states and D.C. have received the messages according to authorities and local media.
Reports from some states said the messages arrived Wednesday and appeared to target Black students at universities.
The racist threats roiled Black students on other college campuses, including Ohio State University, Columbus State Community College, Clemson University and the University of South Carolina.
But the messages were not only aimed at college students. Maryland’s largest school system, Montgomery County Public Schools, sent a letter to families and staff Thursday that many individuals, including students, received text messages containing racist threats. The San Francisco Unified School District sent a similar message saying its students had been affected.
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The Virginia Attorney General's Office told ABC News it "is aware of these text messages and unequivocally condemns them."
The office confirmed that the text language corresponds with the text reportedly received by an employee at ABC affiliate 13News Now in Norfolk, Virginia, which read: "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."
In an online statement, Clemson University Police Department in South Carolina said it received reports of students receiving text messages "containing disparaging language from unrecognized numbers."
"These numbers have been determined to be associated with online spoofing sites. CUPD is actively investigating the matter and working with state partners to identify the source of the messages," read the statement.
