The FBI is investigating racist text messages telling black Americans to report to a plantation to pick cotton, with recipients in multiple states including Alabama, North Carolina, and New York. The messages, sent from various numbers, were deemed a strategized effort following the US election, prompting civil rights groups to condemn the hateful rhetoric and law enforcement officials to encourage reporting to authorities. Investigations have traced some messages to a VPN based in Poland, highlighting the need to address and prevent such targeted harassment.
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