FBI Investigates Racist Text Messages Sent After U.S. Election

The messages, targeting Black individuals, included references to slavery and mentioned President-elect Donald Trump.

The FBI is actively investigating a series of racist text messages sent to Black people across multiple states following the U.S. presidential election.
Recipients, including students and professionals, received messages suggesting they were 'chosen to pick cotton on a plantation' and should prepare for 'slaveholders' to collect them.
The texts, sent from unknown numbers, frequently mentioned President-elect Donald Trump, though his representatives deny any involvement.
The White House has condemned the messages, stating that 'racism has no place in our country,' while civil rights groups express alarm over the rise in hate rhetoric.
NAACP President Derrick Johnson criticized the election of a president who has previously been accused of tolerating and inciting hate, underscoring the messages as a troubling trend.