Several anonymous racist text messages were sent to African-American people in several American states after the election of Donald Trump.
The sender, or senders, of these messages is not known, but the Federal Police (FBI) said they were “aware” of this campaign “Racist text messages”for which investigations by different agencies have been opened.
According to the NAACP, one of the main organizations defending the rights of African-Americans, black residents of North Carolina, Virginia, Alabama and Pennsylvania received messages asking them to “show up at a plantation to pick cotton”a reference to the country’s slavery past.
“The sad reality of having elected a president who has historically embraced, and sometimes encouraged, [les discours de] hatred materializes before our eyes”declared Derrick Johnson, head of the NAACP.
The American press also reported on Thursday racist messages sent to African-American students in several states, some of which were signed by “a Trump supporter”.
“You have been selected to be a house slave at Abingdon Plantation.”can we read on a screen capture of one of these messages relayed on social networks.
“The message sent to young African Americans, including students at the University of Alabama, is a public display of hatred and racism that mocks our civil rights past”condemned Margaret Huang, head of the rights group Southern Poverty Law Center.
