Across the country, racist text messages are being sent to black American citizens with a warning: they have been “selected for the cotton harvest” and will be enslaved.
Black American citizens across the United States are receiving disgusting text messages telling them that will be enslaved during the second presidency of Donald Trump.
According to reports, the targeted citizens, residing in states as diverse from a political and demographic point of view how New York, Ohio, California, Alabama and Pennsylvania reported the horrific texts to authorities, sent anonymously.
The FBI, the Federal Communications Commission and at least one state attorney general are currently investigating the matter.
The nature of texts varies slightly depending on locationbut everyone seems to follow a specific scriptwith text that notifies recipients that they have been “selected for cotton harvesting” and that they must pack their things to go to “the plantation”.
Although not all texts include references to Donald Trumprecently elected to a new term as President of the United States, many seem to do so.
In its investigation, CBS News discovered that area codes for 25 different states to send these messages, which were addressed to people of all ages — including young people of school age.
When contacted, many of the source numbers were disconnectedwhile others went to voicemail boxes, saying they were created using the TextNowapplication that allows you to create phone numbers for free.
After learning that its service had been used to send these messages, TextNow said in a statement to CBS that had closed the accounts in question and that it would be working with authorities to ensure that they would not re-register in the future.
In an interview with the American broadcaster, a 29-year-old woman from Atlanta said that both she and a friend from North Carolina they had received similar messages earlier in the week.
“I knew it was a prank, but seeing this so soon after the elections It left me shaken,” said the woman. “It just made me be more careful with my surroundings and the places I go.”
CBS reporters also managed to get in touch with a person who had sent a version of the messages. The individual said that he had sent the messages like a match — before abruptly ending the call and rejecting all subsequent attempts at contact.
