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Racist texts about slaves and ‘picking cotton’ sent to Black people as state AGs, colleges and police probe their origins (www.cnn.com)
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Authorities across the United States are investigating after racist text messages – some with references to “slave catchers” and “picking cotton” reminiscent of the country’s painful and bigoted past – have been received by children, college students and working professionals from unrecognized phone numbers in the wake of the presidential election.

The NAACP president warned Thursday of possible broader implications of the hate-filled rhetoric reported in more than 20 states from New York to California, and the District of Columbia. Attorneys general of both parties are condemning the messages and vowing to root out their senders.

“The unfortunate reality of electing a president who, historically, has embraced and at times encouraged hate, is unfolding before our eyes,” NAACP CEO Derrick Johnson said. “These messages represent an alarming increase in vile and abhorrent rhetoric from racist groups across the country, who now feel emboldened to spread hate and stoke the flames of fear that many of us are feeling after Tuesday’s election results.”

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[–] astanix@lemmy.world 71 points 3 days ago (1 children)

All the conservatives I know are saying it's democrats and/or liberals doing it to stir the pot and cause chaos.

Which leads me to believe it's either conservatives or Russia doing it.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 43 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Every conservative accusation is a confession.

[–] astanix@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Absolutely agreed!

[–] ChojinDSL@discuss.tchncs.de 37 points 3 days ago (2 children)

What I would like to know, where did these people get the phone numbers and names of the people they sent the texts to.

From what I've read, these texts included the recipients names.

I guess personal data in the U.S. is just a big all you can eat buffet?

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 33 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yes it is. Privacy is astonishingly bad here. You buy a house, your name, phone and address are a matter of public record. The phone companies are fighting at court against the FCC because they claim they can sell our location data, and the FCC fined them for it.

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago (3 children)

But your skin color is not included, right?

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 days ago

I'll bet you dimes for dollars a racist can tell a black person in America by their name.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 3 days ago

Not as a public record, but it is demanded as information for so many silly things. There’s the obvious medical records, for which it makes sense (certain diseases are more prevalent in certain ethnicities). But then schools, banks, … it’s mind boggling just how much they care about it. And except for medical records, there are basically no laws protecting your sensitive data, and it gets sold at incredibly low prices.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 1 points 3 days ago

No, but it can often be guessed based on name or zip code.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Don't worry, they won't probe long. And whoever accidentally gets caught will be pardoned by Führer Trump.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago

This wouldn't be hard for one person to do. A few VoIP accounts, a script to send texts, and a list of names and numbers purchased from any number of data miners for a few bucks. My money is on some neck beard who did it for the lulz.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

This should throw everyone into a perched holding pattern until we know:

Yes or no, was this Russia?

Russia knows their battle isn't actually won yet. They're gonna go hard to get us killing each other. If it was maga, we go from there, but Putin wants us to assume it. No assuming.