Across the United States, anonymous racist text messages targeting Black Americans have been reported, sparking concern and prompting state-level responses. The messages, referencing themes of slavery and instructing recipients to “report to a plantation,” have been sent through a third-party application that conceals the sender’s identity. The alarming content has reached individuals in multiple states, including Maryland, where officials are now calling on victims to come forward.
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Maryland’s Attorney General has taken swift action, urging those who receive these messages to report them to local law enforcement as well as to the state’s Civil Rights Division. The Attorney General’s Office has coordinated with the Maryland Commission on Hate Crimes Response and Prevention to ensure these incidents are tracked and investigated. Maryland authorities emphasized that hate-based harassment will not be tolerated and have committed to supporting affected residents.
Some school districts in Maryland and other states have reported that students received similar messages, causing distress among recipients. Frederick County Public Schools (FCPS) specifically stated that the messages are “not credible”. Some local critics have been quick to point out that if even one recipient were to interpret the messages as credible, it would indicate a failure of the education system to adequately teach its students how to properly recognize misinformation, and that the school system felt the need to issue such a statement was concerning in itself.
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The Maryland Attorney General reiterated the importance of documenting and addressing these incidents as part of a larger commitment to protect residents from targeted hate speech and intimidation. Maryland joins other states in tracking this pattern of harassment, hoping to send a clear message that hate has no place in the community.
For anyone who received one of these messages, reports can be filed with the Attorney General’s Civil Rights Division or the Maryland Commission on Hate Crimes Response and Prevention through their online portal, No Home for Hate, at https://nohomeforhate.md.gov.
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