It is not immediately clear who sent the messages, but Black people across the country have received them, including students at the University of Alabama, Clemson University and in Indianapolis, Ohio and Virginia.

An IU administrator said the racist messages began the day after the election. “It’s directly connected. There’s no way it couldn’t be,” he said.

The texts being reported in multiple states, including South Carolina, refer to students as 'selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation'

Indiana University police have received reports from Bloomington students who are receiving racist text messages that invoke slavery, sent by an unknown person. IUPD was contacted on Wednesday by an IU Bloomington student who received a text message with what they described as “racially-biased content.

Bloomfield police and the Bloomfield Board of Education are investigating racist text messages sent to students.