There were multiple reports of the messages received in Washington DC, as well as New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, Missouri, Louisiana, Pennsylvania and California.

High school and college students in Massachusetts are among the people of color around the country who have been receiving racist texts following Election Day. Stoughton Public Schools said several students of color at Stoughton High School reported receiving a racist message on Thursday.

Students in Connecticut were not spared a racist text message that has been received by children across the country threatening to put Black and Brown men and women into plantation slavery under the Donald Trump administration.