Widespread Outrage as Racist Text Messages Target Black Students Nationwide, Including SF and LA Schools

Students in San Francisco Unified and Los Angeles Unified School Districts are among the recent victims in a disturbing surge of racist text messages targeting African Americans across the nation. Authorities confirm that since the texts began circulating following the election, Black students and other residents in over a dozen states have reported receiving these inflammatory and deeply offensive messages.

The content of the messages is both racially charged and threatening. Recipients are told that they have been “selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation” and are warned that. . .