Widespread racist texts investigated by FBI

The White House has denounced, and the FBI is investigating a wave of racist texts, received in at least seven states, attacking Black people.

Ku Klux Klan at a rally in Florida in 1970. (State Library and Archives of Florida/Public Domain)

The White House has denounced, and the FBI is investigating a wave of racist texts, received in at least seven states, attacking Black people.

It did not take long. Emboldened by racism and sexism's grand triumph in the United States, bigots took to sending i…