All posts tagged "Slaves"

A wave of racist text messages reportedly went out following Donald Trump's election win this week.

At least one University of Alabama student and a Virginia photojournalist were among many nationwide who received text messages Wednesday asking them to report to a plantation to pick cotton, reported The Crimson White and WVEC-TV.

"You have been selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation," the message read. "Be ready at 12 pm sharp with your belongings. Our executive slaves will come get you in a brown van. Be prepared to be searched down once you've enter the plantation. You are in plantation group W."...

While reading about immigration in his freshman history book, Houston high school student Cody Burren noticed an incredibly misleading blurb. A caption referred to the African slaves who were forced into the United States as "workers." As a black student who had already been educated on the nation's true history, Cody knew the euphemism was unacceptably deceptive.