Students receive texts with derogatory and racist language [Video]

Several Black Clemson University students said they have received texts with derogatory and racist language from numbers, campus police say, were spoofed. Clemson University NAACP President Danielle Brown said students received the messages in the last few days and are angry. “They’ll have their name written out at the beginning of the message, and they’ll pretty much say that they were invited to a plantation as slaves, to not bring any clothes other than the ones that they have on their back,” Brown said.Clemson University Police sent out an alert Wednesday night saying the text messages contained “disparaging language” from unrecognized numbers. Investigators said the numbers have been traced back to online spoofing sites, and they are working to identify the source along with partners from the state. “We assumed that they could have been local people around the community who were sending out the messages, but we soon figured …