Racist texts referring to ‘picking cotton’ sent to several people across US following election CNNRacist text messages spamming Black Americans in Ohio, across U.S. The Columbus DispatchRacist text messages referencing slavery under investigation in Philadelphia region WPVI-TVBlack people are receiving texts about picking cotton 'at the nearest plantation' NBC News'Slave' texts sent to Black and Brown Nyack middle- and high-schoolers, district says The Journal News