Federal authorities are looking into disturbing and racist text messages that call on black people to return to slavery. The messages were sent from unknown numbers to black people across the country.
News 3 spoke to Jaron Picquet, an Old Dominion University student, who received the offensive text message.
It’s a text message no one can prepare themselves to receive. Picquet says he received a text said:
“Now that Trump has won, that means all Blacks aka the ‘N word’ will be reporting to the cotton field at 4am sharp. See you then.”
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Picquet says he was deeply offended when he received the text.
“I think this is racist. That is pure hatred,” Picquet said. “I was a little creeped out because there are several vans that come on campus. What if that’s the van. It’s creepy,”
Just hours after the Presidential Election results were announced, black people from across the country received offensive messages like the one below: