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Incendiary Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett suggested the United States needs immigrants for farm jobs because black people “are done picking cotton” while speaking at a historically black church over the weekend. The far left congresswoman’s eyebrow-raising remark on Sunday came as she was making the case for the country’s migrant population she believes was […]
What made cotton so desirable? In the 1790s Americas oldest crops, like tobacco, were depleting farmland and dropping in value. At the same time, the textile industry in Great Britain was exploding, creating enormous international demand for cotton clothing. Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin, which easily separated cotton fiber from its seeds, was merely […]
HOUSTON, United States US authorities on Friday were investigating a series of racist text messages sent to Black people nationwide referencing them as “slaves” and “picking cotton.” Some of the messages shared with news outlets across the country exhibited bigoted language reminiscent of the country’s painful history of slavery and the unjust treatment of African […]
Researchers are investigating the source of the messages.Mother Jones illustration Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The day after Election Day, predominantly Black recipients received racist, trollish text messages telling them they had been “selected” to “pick cotton at the nearest plantation.” The messages […]
US authorities are investigating racist text messages sent anonymously to black Americans across the country this week telling them they should be enslaved, prompting widespread condemnations as well as warnings. The NAACP civil rights group said the messages urged recipients in multiple states, including Alabama, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia, to report to a plantation […]
One day after the presidential election, and in the days following, Black people across the country, reportedly as young as middle schoolers,
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An investigation has been launched after black students across the US received vile texts telling them they had been “selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation”. While the details in the messages varied, they all contained references to the era of US slavery. It was unclear who sent the messages, and there was no […]
Donald Trump wins US Elections: A disturbing wave of racist text messages summoning Black people to “report for slavery” has raised alarms across the United States, prompting the FBI to launch an investigation. “Our executive slave owners will come get you in a brown van, be prepared to be searched down once you’ve entered the […]
CNN — Authorities across the United States are investigating after several people, including children and college students, reported receiving racist text messages from unrecognized phone numbers in recent days. The texts have been reported in states including Maryland, New Jersey, Alabama, Michigan . . .