How people in dozens of states were targeted with racist texts and what you can do
Since the election, CBS News has reported people who are Black have been receiving racist text messages. Hispanic and LGBTQ Americans have also reported receiving text messages. It is not known who is responsible but it's raising questions about how people behind the attacks know the race and sexual orientation of their victims.
New Wave of Offensive Texts Targets Hispanic and LGBTQ+ People
A wave of offensive text messages and emails has gone out to Hispanic and LGBTQ+ people in recent days, according to the FBI, coming on the heels of a barrage of racist texts that were sent to Black people
FBI says Hispanic, LGBTQ people also got threatening text messages after the election
Some of those messages told recipients that they had been “selected for deportation or to report to a re-education camp,” the FBI said.
Offensive, racist texts now being sent to high-schoolers, Latinos and LGBTQ community, FBI says
The FBI on Friday said reports of racist and offensive text messages sent from anonymous phone numbers are now being sent to members of Latino and LGBTQ communities.
FBI says racists text now targeting Latinos and LGBTQ+ persons
A second wave of racist text messages targeting the teenage Latino and LGBTQ+ communities has landed on the FBI’s radar weeks after Donald Trump was reelected president. Days following the Nov. 5 outcome of the 2024 presidential race,
FBI investigates new wave of offensive messages targeting Hispanic, LGBTQ people
The announcement comes days after African American students received similar messages stating they’d been selected to "pick cotton."
FBI says hateful texts were also sent to Hispanic and LGBTQ community after election
Federal authorities provided an update on the series of racist text messages that were sent to Black college and high school students in the days after the election, which included messages about being "selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation.
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