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Detroit area women get 'plantation group' texts, among wave of racist messages nationwide
Racist messages telling people that they were selected to pick cotton for a plantation group have been received across the country -- including in the Detroit area.
FOX 2 first received a call from a Detroit area woman we're identifying only by her first name of Renee on Wednesday night around 9:50 p.m. Renee contacted FOX 2 after getting the message about an hour earlier that said she was chosen to pick cotton and to be ready at 10 a.m. Racist texts sent to Black Detroiters days after election A racist text message detailing plantations and picking cotton were sent to two Detroit area women just days after election. Some users on Reddit.com believe that Russia may be behind the text messages in an effort to turn American citizens against each other and divide the country.
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