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Black people across the country say they have received text messages telling them they had been "selected" to pick cotton "at the nearest plantation" The messages came just hours after the polarized presidential election came to a close.
Many of the recipients are college students from a wide range of schools nationwide.
It is unclear who is behind the texts, what motivated them or how they obtained phone numbers.
The NAACP condemned the messages, saying they believe the messages were a product of the president-elect’s rhetoric.
The Federal Communications Commission said in a statement that it was aware of the messages and “is looking into them alongside federal and state law enforcement.” Black Democrats weren’t the only recipients of the text messages.
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