Georgia is one of several states this week in which Black residents received racist text messages that are currently under investigation by the FBI.
The messages, which vary in wording, tell recipients that they have been placed in “plantation groups” and been selected to pick cotton.
Recipients who have reported receiving the messages outside of Georgia range in location, from fellow Southern states Alabama and Tennessee, to California and Pennsylvania.
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