Alabama law enforcement is investigating after Black college students in Alabama received a barrage of racist text messages following the re-election of former President Donald Trump on Wednesday.

Screenshots shared by parent groups and several Facebook users Wednesday show unknown phone numbers referencing students by name and telling them they have been “selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation.”

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Students at the University of Alabama and Samford University, among others in Georgia, South Carolina and Virginia, according to news reports, appear to have received messages.

“Be ready at 1:00 p.m. SHARP with your belongings,” one message read. “Our Executive Slaves will come get you in a Brown Van, be prepared to be searched down once you’ve enter the plantation.”



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Several of the phone numbers listed in screenshots reviewed by AL.com had area codes from inside and outside of Alabama. Calls to the numbers immediately went to an automatic voicemail referencing “TextNow,” a service that allows users to create an untraceable phone number.

In a statement to AL.com, University of Alabama spokeswoman Diedre Simmons said local law enforcement was looking into the matter. Officials did not confirm whether the senders were current UA students.

“It is our understanding that individuals across the country have received these disgusting messages,” the statement read. “This has been reported to authorities, and we’re asking anyone who may have information regarding these messages to report it to the appropriate authorities. UA students who have seen or received such messages are also encouraged to contact the Office of Student Care and Well-Being for any additional support that may be needed.”

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Students interviewed by The Crimson White, the university’s student newspaper, said this wasn’t their first encounter with racism following after the United States’ presidential election.

Freshman Hailey Welch told the newspaper that she was harassed by two men wearing MAGA hats outside of her dorm on Wednesday morning.

“They started yelling at me and calling me racial slurs and said go back where I came from, even though I was born here and I’m American,” Welch told The Crimson White.

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https://www.al.com/educationlab/2024/11/black-students-at-alabama-colleges-get-racist-texts-about-cotton-plantations-after-trump-win.html

I can't wait to find out who actually did this. Those unknown MAGA hat people.

One in Montgomery AL was actual a white guy.

iirc spray painted some graffiti or something.

iirc he was mentally challenged in some form.

The honkey mofo bastard that sent that has atrocious grammar skills!