How authorities could track down sender of racist ‘cotton-picking’ texts
Demographic information about all of us, including phone numbers, are 'available for sale,' making it fairly easy for someone ...
Racist texts about slaves and ‘picking cotton’ sent to Black people as state AGs, colleges and police probe their origins
Authorities across the United States are investigating after racist text messages – some with references to “slave catchers” ...
Hosted on MSN3d
Milwaukee 12-year-old receives racist text message: 'You've been selected to pick cotton'
The FBI is investigating messages that say a van will pick people up to "pick cotton." One of the messages was sent to a ...
‘You have been selected to pick cotton’: Racist texts sent to Black people in central Pa., across nation
Dauphin County residents are among an unknown number of Black people across the country to receive racist text messages ...
Salon on MSN6d
Black Americans are receiving a mass text telling them to "pick cotton" following Trump's victory
"Congratulations! you have been selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation," reads one version of the messages.
Yahoo6d
Black College Students Receive Racist “Pick Cotton” Texts
“Greetings, you have been selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation. Be ready at 1:00 pm SHARP with your belongings.
Opinion
Black People Across the US Received Texts Saying They’d Been “Selected to Pick Cotton” Following the Election
One day after the presidential election, and in the days following, Black people across the country, reportedly as young as middle schoolers, received text messages addressing them by name and telling ...
‘Slave' texts telling people to ‘pick cotton' sent to DC, Virginia and Maryland residents
People throughout the D.C. area and across the country reported receiving racist spam text messages the day after the ...
USA Today5d
Racist texts about picking cotton target Michigan students after presidential election
The source of the text message threats remain unknown as many texts are coming from different phone numbers across the ...
Pro-Trump, KKK racist texts telling Blacks to ‘pick cotton’ on plantations condemned by leaders
The unfortunate reality of electing a President who, historically, has embraced, and at times encouraged hate, is unfolding ...
WISN 12 NEWS5d
Cybersecurity expert: 'Pick cotton' racist text messages likely organized, planned out
I WAS LIKE, WHAT TEXT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? AND THAT’S WHEN SHE KIND OF WENT INTO DETAIL AND SHE SAID IT WAS ABOUT SLAVERY GOING TO PICK COTTON. I SAID, NO, I DIDN’T GET IT. THE MESSAGE READ ...
Houston residents report receiving text messages telling them they've been selected to 'pick cotton'
The message came from an unfamiliar number and addressed Bass-Brown’s daughter by name. "You have been selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation. Be ready at 1:00 PM SHARP with your belongings ...