{"id":123475,"date":"2024-11-08T13:03:47","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T06:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123475"},"modified":"2024-11-08T13:03:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T06:03:47","slug":"racist-texts-referring-to-picking-cotton-sent-to-several-people-across-us-following-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123475","title":{"rendered":"Racist texts referring to \u2018picking cotton\u2019 sent to several people across US following election"},"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 data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm37wpkfh000l2bqnbvorfqy7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Authorities across the United States are investigating after several people, including children and college students, reported receiving racist text messages from unrecognized phone numbers in recent days.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm37x0tmn00073b6mfw1blflo@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The texts have been reported in states including Maryland, New Jersey, Alabama, Michigan, Georgia, Nevada, New York and South Carolina. CNN has reached out to state officials for additional information on the text messages.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm37z505u00003b6jp2o6sklt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThe FBI is aware of the offensive and racist text messages sent to individuals around the country and is in contact with the Justice Department and other federal authorities on the matter,\u201d the FBI said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/news\/press-releases\/fbi-statement-on-offensive-and-racist-text-messages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> Thursday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3893bgs00023b6jcke2vy6b@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Talaya Jones, a Black woman who lives in Piscataway, New Jersey, said she was \u201cshocked\u201d to receive a racist text on Wednesday informing her that she had been \u201cselected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation,\u201d she told CNN Thursday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3897ekt000e3b6j3e2v6ukq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The text also refers to \u201cexecutive slave catchers,\u201d according to a screen shot Jones shared with CNN.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3897gv9000g3b6j86z27u8o@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n             \u201cMy initial reaction was probably like disbelief, like I thought it was like a joke,\u201d said Jones, who forwarded the text message to her loved ones. \u201cIt really just shows that we didn\u2019t come as far as everybody thought we did as a nation, from back in the day when slavery was still a thing,\u201d Jones said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm387ecjo00003b6mh3g1fw9z@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Alabama mother Arleta McCall told CNN a racist text message was also sent to her daughter Wednesday morning that left her feeling unsafe.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm38826j500093b6mn93tuayi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Her daughter, Alysa, an honors freshman at the University of Alabama, was in tears and wanted to go home after receiving a message that said she had been \u201cselected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation\u201d and to \u201cbe prepared to be searched down,\u201d McCall said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm388acfy000e3b6mqz36xqu6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt\u2019s eerie that it\u2019s the day after the election. It\u2019s eerie that it came to my daughter\u2019s personal phone. It\u2019s eerie that it\u2019s only going to Black students,\u201d McCall said. \u201cHer group of friends have mapped out their paths to class so they can walk together and keep each other safe.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm387ynab00043b6mjkj9lsyf@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The University of Alabama acknowledged in a statement to CNN that \u201cindividuals across the country have received these disgusting messages,\u201d and urged anyone with information to report it to authorities.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3885s6k000b3b6mhdknyx9f@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThis has been reported to authorities, and we\u2019re asking anyone who may have information regarding these messages to report it to the appropriate authorities,\u201d they added.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm37x0tmn00093b6mcb9s5dkk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            School board officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, say local law enforcement and the FBI are aware of people including their students receiving the texts, and that \u201claw enforcement in some areas have announced they consider the messages low-level threats,\u201d according to a statement from Montgomery County Public Schools.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm38987qs000k3b6jdqt05w9v@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n             \u201cWe recognize that the emotional and psychological impact on our students, staff, and particularly our communities of color is profound. We stand in solidarity with those who feel targeted and hurt by these actions,\u201d the school board\u2019s statement read.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm37xuens00163b6mwmuq9k91@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Virginia news station <a href=\"https:\/\/www.13newsnow.com\/article\/news\/local\/mycity\/norfolk\/racist-text-message-sent-virginia-attorney-general-condemns-plantation-cotton\/291-3c46b3dd-930f-4496-86d8-529f3974f3bc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WVEC-TV<\/a> said one of its photographers, Sam Burwell, also received a text message from an unfamiliar phone number, addressing him by name, and like the text Jones and McCall\u2019s daughter received, the text told him he had been \u201cselected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm37x0tmn000c3b6mjz3pf20m@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Burwell said in an article posted by WVEC-TV that he is concerned about receiving a text message a day after the election.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm37x0tmn000d3b6m0ao9ksqx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI feel like it\u2019s a spam message (and) I do feel disappointed about the message they\u2019re sending a day after the election,\u201d Burwell said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm37zidma000h3b6jgomoghhp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said Thursday that the \u201cracist and vile spam text messages\u201d have also spread to her state, she wrote<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AGLizMurrill\/status\/1854665157953380622\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> in a statement via X.<\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm37zoyn700113b6j2wjdmbdv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n             \u201cI have directed the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation to fully investigate the origins of these disgusting texts that only intend to divide us,\u201d Murrill said, urging anyone impacted to report the messages to her office.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm37xx7hi00193b6mt5kn94ra@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Officials in Virginia and Washington, DC told CNN Thursday they are also looking into the racist text messages.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm37yayqp001k3b6mwx79tbak@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The attorney general\u2019s office in Washington, DC, is \u201caware of racist text messages being sent to District residents and condemns them unequivocally,\u201d communications director Gabriel Shoglow-Rubenstein said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm37yayqp001l3b6mlzsyfc1f@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cAnyone receiving these messages should contact our civil rights section by calling 202-727-3400 or emailing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/07\/us\/racist-text-messages-post-election\/mailto:OAGCivilRights@dc.gov\">OAGCivilRights@dc.gov<\/a>. If you believe your safety is at risk, please contact local law enforcement,\u201d he said in a statement to CNN.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm37yayqp001m3b6m96ga47u0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Virginia attorney general\u2019s office is also \u201caware of these text messages and unequivocally condemns them,\u201d press secretary Chloe Smith said, noting that \u201canyone who believes themselves to be under threat should not hesitate to contact local law enforcement as well as their local FBI field office.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3846ju400003b6mztmr1fub@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            New York Attorney General Letitia James condemned the text messages as \u201cdisgusting and unacceptable\u201d in a statement on X Thursday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3849ibi00043b6m5p661xwb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThese texts appear to be targeting Black and Brown individuals, including students, and may include personal information about the recipient such as their name or location,\u201d James said. \u201c I unequivocally condemn any attempt to intimidate or threaten New Yorkers and their families.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3849h9700023b6mo9s5ipev@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Nevada\u2019s Attorney General\u2019s Office\u2019s investigators are working with law enforcement to investigate \u201cthe source of what appear to be robotext messages,\u201d the office said <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NevadaAG\/status\/1854656553095188983\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a statement<\/a> on X.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm37yayqp001n3b6ms7enw4fn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN has reached out to the Federal Communications Commission for comment.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<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<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/07\/us\/racist-text-messages-post-election\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 Authorities across the United States are investigating after several people, including children and college students, reported receiving racist text messages from unrecognized phone numbers in recent days. 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