November 8, 2024
Racist Text Messages Received By University Students After Trump Win, NAACP Responds
And so it begins.
Updated Nov. 8, 12:56PM EST
On Nov. 5, Donald Trump became the 2024 President-elect of the United States.
On Nov. 6, it was reported that racist text messages were sent to students across the University of Alabama campus.
Arleta McCall shared a Facebook post that displayed the contents of a message she alleges were sent to her daughter, Alyse.
“you have been selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation,” the text read. “If Our Executive Slaves will come get you in a brown van, be prepared to be searched down once you’ve enter the plantation. You are in Plantation group C. good day.”
McCall was understandably outraged and concerned for her daughter.
“Let me be perfectly clear…. I AM NOT MY ANCESTORS! I DO NOT PLAY ABOUT ME OR MINE! Alyse called me in tears after receiving this message on her personal cell phone. She said that numerous @univofalabama black students received similar messages. I will not sit still until SOMETHING is done!!”
McCall’s daughter is not the only student facing similar harassing. Multiple posts circulated X with different versions of the same text. In some of text messages, the word “cotton” is misspelled as “cutton.”
The messages were sent from an unidentifiable 800-number. According to an X user, the texts have been sent to multiple students at Southern colleges and universities, including Clemson and Alabama State.
Incidents of intolerance have cropped up after Election Day. Information about Project 2025, a massive, ultra-conservative agenda that was long been rumored to be Trump’s policy plan, is making the rounds on social media.
It is unclear if the full Project 2025 agenda will be adopted during the Trump administration, still the message of what to expect over the next four years is becoming clearer.
Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP responded to the rash of text messages now being received at other’s institutions across the nation and being investigated by the FBI according to :
“The unfortunate reality of electing a President who, historically has embraced, and at times encouraged hate, is unfolding before our eyes. The threat — and the mention of slavery in 2024 — is not only deeply disturbing, but perpetuates a legacy of evil that dates back to before the Jim Crow era, and now seeks to prevent Black Americans from enjoying the same freedom to pursue life, liberty, and happiness. These actions are not normal. And we refuse to let them be normalized.”
BLACK ENTERPRISE will continue to update this news as the story develops.
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