FBI: Racist post-election texts also reported in Hispanic and LGBTQ+ communities

Driving the news: The messages, sent in text and email, are not identical and vary in language, the FBI said.

• "But many say the recipient has been selected to pick cotton on a plantation," per the agency's statement Friday regarding the text messages sent to Black communities.
• The agency's evaluation of the messages has now expanded to include recipients who "reported being told they were selected for deportation or to report to a re-education camp," the FBI added.

What they're saying: "Although we have not received reports of violent acts stemming from these offensive messages, we are evaluating all reported incidents and engaging with the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division," the FBI said.

Catch up quick: Margaret Huang, president and CEO of the Southern Poverty Law Center, issued a statement last week condemning the messages sent to Black students as a "public spectacle of hatred and racism that makes a mockery of our civil rights history."

• NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson said President-elect Trump's promotion of racist rhetoric during his campaign emboldened hate speech.

Context: The president-elect has shared anti-immigrant sentiments and promised mass deportations of potentially millions of immigrants.

The Trump transition team did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment Friday but spokesperson Steven Cheung said last week that the campaign "has absolutely nothing to do with these text messages."

Zoom in: Recipients of the threatening messages can report them to the FBI.

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