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11/07/2024
Racist Text Messages Sent to Black Americans Including Some Ohioans
The messages directed them to report to the nearest plantations
The Ohio Attorney General’s Office is investigating reports of text messages sent to Black Americans in Ohio and college students across the country.
A text message was sent to people the day after Election Day, asking them to report to a plantation to pick cotton. The wording of the messages varies slightly and comes from different numbers, but is generally worded as such: "Greetings, You have been selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation. Be ready at 12 p.m. 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."
Colleges across the country received reports from students receiving similar text messages, including Clemson University, Missouri State University and University of Alabama. Representatives from the Ohio State University indicated some of its students were messaged, as well.
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