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Just like 2016: The hate begins

By adamg on Thu, 11/07/2024 - 8:16pm

Students at both Curry College in Milton and Stoughton High School received text messages today telling them they've been selected to pick cotton "at the nearest plantation."

The Currier Times reports students at Curry and across the country got the texts.

Hateful and racist text messages sent to Curry College students overnight has led to increased vigilance on the Curry campus. Administrators said that other colleges were hit with the same, disturbing, messages.

Stoughton school officials report students of color at Stoughton High School received them as well.

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By brianjdamico on Thu, 11/07/2024 - 8:39pm.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19c1y3ELzW/

We are aware of a racist spam text some of our students of color at Stoughton High School received today. This particular text, in part, notifies the recipient that they have been “selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation.” This is part of an abhorrent nationwide trend. People from around the country have reported receiving this text, and others similar in nature, throughout the day today. The source of these text messages is unknown at this time. We ask if any student or staff member receives this text message or a similar one to report it to school administration.

We understand that receiving a message like this is profoundly disturbing and can cause emotional distress and fear, especially for our students and staff of color. In no uncertain terms are messages like these acceptable. Stoughton Public Schools stands up against any form of racism, discrimination, or hate.

If any of our students or staff are in need of support as a result of receiving the text message or after hearing this news, our counselors will be available throughout the day tomorrow.

SHS will continue to investigate this matter as it is related to our students and we have referred the matter to the Stoughton Police Department. Anyone with information is encouraged to come forward.

By MyManMyMelo on Thu, 11/07/2024 - 9:32pm.

Mas text sent to black people. Even used our first names.

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By brianjdamico on Thu, 11/07/2024 - 10:01pm.

but what the fuck? And how the fuck?

Now that I'm paying attention to this, I see that there is a growing number of news articles about this happening nationwide, to Black people, by name.

It should go without saying that this is completely unacceptable and that anyone with any shred of basic human decency would agree with me. But here we are.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-people-text-messages-picking-c...

https://www.google.com/search?q=selected+to+pick+cotton+at+the+nearest+p...

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By Michael on Thu, 11/07/2024 - 9:15pm.

It sucks but t this is the path America has chosen

By Camberville on Thu, 11/07/2024 - 11:04pm.

It's the path that the most vile, hateful, ignorant Americans have chosen.

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By berkleealum on Fri, 11/08/2024 - 6:51am.

It's the path that the most vile, hateful, ignorant Americans have chosen.

that people are still trying to make this distinction

a plurality of americans just elected donald trump despite …everything he’s ever done

By BostonDog on Fri, 11/08/2024 - 7:33am.

Many of the people voting for him did so only because they are angry with Democrats, not because they like Trump's racism. (Not to say some don't love his racism.)

Democrats need to be more than the Not Racist party to win. There are many things Democrats and those further left have done to alienate a majority of the country.

By berkleealum on Fri, 11/08/2024 - 7:59am.

doesn’t really hold up for me considering the totality of donald trump as a candidate. this isn’t mitt romney or whatever, this is a convicted felon whose platform nearly exclusively consists of racism, sexism, xenophobia, etc.

ETA: likewise, i’m not going to entertain the idea that moving to the right on social issues is a viable strategy for a party who claims to champion the marginalized. it might be true in terms of realpolitik or whatever, but for me it’s a morally repugnant thought experiment.

more practically, it would seem to me that a move to the right would only serve to exacerbate the appearance of hypocrisy among democrats.

By Michael on Fri, 11/08/2024 - 6:52am.

And more of them showed up Tuesday than we did

I hate it too but we can't ignore it or pretend it isn't real.

By MyManMyMelo on Thu, 11/07/2024 - 9:32pm.

Black people all over the country received this text today. People I know in Florida, Maryland, everywhere. On social media I saw it then in real life.

Thanks white people.

By anon on Thu, 11/07/2024 - 11:17pm.

No hate over the past year? Nothing on college campuses?

This is someone using a program to mass text people. We have no idea if that person is even located in the USA.

This is happening much wider than just a local college.

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By deselby on Fri, 11/08/2024 - 7:10am.

according to CNN.

Nationwide spread and scale of the messages raises the possibility of a foreign operation to incite discord and disorder, so cool your jets about domestic "hate" "white people" and "vile, ignorant Americans."

If it was domestic, it would be first amendment protected and thus no crime, so why would FBI be looking into it if they didn't suspect foreign operations?

Adjust to the world of global hacking and AI we are now living in. Question everything. Funny that Old Man Deselby is more hip to it, but he's got a lot of time to read.

By berkleealum on Fri, 11/08/2024 - 7:27am.

i’m sorry but i don’t know know how else to say this: shut the fuck up, honestly.

one month ago, the president elect told us that haitian people were eating cats, based on fuck-all. stop fucking telling people what they are seeing isn’t actually what they are seeing.