{"id":123444,"date":"2024-11-08T11:07:28","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T04:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123444"},"modified":"2024-11-08T11:07:28","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T04:07:28","slug":"racist-text-messages-referencing-slavery-raise-alarms-in-multiple-states-and-prompt-investigations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123444","title":{"rendered":"Racist text messages referencing slavery raise alarms in multiple states and prompt investigations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black men, women and students, including middle schoolers, prompting inquiries by the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/us-federal-bureau-of-investigation\">FBI<\/a><\/span> and other agencies.<\/p>\n<p>The messages, sent anonymously, were reported in several states, including <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/york\">New York<\/a><\/span>, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/alabama\">Alabama<\/a><\/span>, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/california\">California<\/a><\/span>, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/ohio\">Ohio<\/a><\/span>, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/pennsylvania\">Pennsylvania<\/a><\/span> and <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/tennessee\">Tennessee<\/a><\/span>. They generally used a similar tone but varied in wording.<\/p>\n<p>Some instructed the recipient to show up at an address at a particular time \u201cwith your belongings,\u201d while others didn\u2019t include a location. Some of them mentioned the incoming presidential administration.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t yet clear who was behind the messages and there was no comprehensive list of where they were sent, but high school and college students were among the recipients.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI said it was in touch with the Justice Department on the messages, and the Federal Communications Commission said it was investigating the texts \u201calongside federal and state law enforcement.\u201d The Ohio Attorney General\u2019s office also said it was looking into the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Tasha Dunham of Lodi, California, said her 16-year-old daughter showed her one of the messages Wednesday evening before her basketball practice.<\/p>\n<p>The text not only used her daughter\u2019s name, but it directed her to report to a \u201cplantation\u201d in North Carolina, where Dunham said they\u2019ve never lived. When they looked up the address, it was the location of a museum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was very disturbing,\u201d Dunham said. \u201cEverybody\u2019s just trying to figure out what does this all mean for me? So, I definitely had a lot of fear and concern.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her daughter initially thought it was a prank, but emotions are high following Tuesday\u2019s <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/election-day-trump-harris-white-house-83c8e246ab97f5b97be45cdc156af4e2\">presidential election<\/a><\/span>. Dunham and her family thought it could be more nefarious and reported it to local law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t in slavery. My mother wasn\u2019t in slavery. But we\u2019re a couple of generations away. So, when you think about how brutal and awful slavery was for our people, it\u2019s awful and concerning,\u201d Dunham said.<\/p>\n<p>About six middle school students in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, received the messages too, said Megan Shafer, acting superintendent of the Lower Merion School District.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe racist nature of these text messages is extremely disturbing, made even more so by the fact that children have been targeted,\u201d she wrote in a letter to parents.<\/p>\n<p>Students at some major universities, including Clemson in South Carolina and the University of Alabama, said they received the messages. The Clemson Police Department said in a statement that it had been notified of the \u201cdeplorable racially motivated text and email messages\u201d and encouraged anyone who received one to report it.<\/p>\n<p>Fisk University, a historically Black university in Nashville, Tennessee, issued a statement calling the messages that targeted some of its students \u201cdeeply unsettling.\u201d It urged calm and assured students that the texts likely were from bots or malicious actors with \u201cno real intentions or credibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Missouri NAACP President Nimrod Chapel said Black students who are members of the organization\u2019s Missouri State University chapter received texts citing Trump\u2019s win and calling them out by name as being \u201cselected to pick cotton\u201d next Tuesday. Chapel said police in the southeastern Missouri city of Springfield, home of the university, have been notified.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt points to a well-organized and resourced group that has decided to target Americans on our home soil based on the color of our skin,\u201d Chapel said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Nick Ludlum, a senior vice president for the wireless industry trade group CTIA, said: \u201cWireless providers are aware of these threatening spam messages and are aggressively working to block them and the numbers that they are coming from.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>David Brody, director of the Digital Justice Initiative at The Lawyers\u2019 Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, said that they aren\u2019t sure who is behind the messages but estimated they had been sent to more than 10 states, including most Southern states, Maryland, Oklahoma and even the District of Columbia. The district\u2019s Metropolitan Police force said in a statement that its intelligence unit was investigating the origins of the message.<\/p>\n<p>Brody said a number of civil rights laws can be applied to hate-related incidents. The leaders of several other civil rights organizations condemned the messages, including Margaret Huang, president and CEO of the Southern Poverty Law Center, who <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.splcenter.org\/presscenter\/splc-condemns-racist-text-sent-young-people-across-country\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a><\/span>, \u201cHate speech has no place in the South or our nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe threat \u2014 and the mention of slavery in 2024 \u2014 is not only deeply disturbing, but perpetuates a legacy of evil that dates back to before the Jim Crow era, and now seeks to prevent Black Americans from enjoying the same freedom to pursue life, liberty, and happiness,\u201d said NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson. \u201cThese actions are not normal. And we refuse to let them be normalized.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>____<\/h2>\n<p>Associated Press reporter Summer Ballentine contributed to this report from Jefferson City, Missouri.<\/p>\n<h2>____<\/h2>\n<p>The Associated Press receives support from several private foundations to enhance its explanatory coverage of elections and democracy. See more about AP\u2019s democracy initiative <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ap.org\/press-releases\/2022\/ap-announces-sweeping-democracy-journalism-initiative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/span>. 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