You can't just erase the situation by clicking the "ERASE" button.

I was at my sister's birthday party, my phone vibrates, it's an unknown number. I open the text message and notice that it's a picture of two stick figures, one whipping another, i.e. slavery, making fun of me being half african american. I didn't know how to react, suddenly tears start pouring out. My father walks over to see what was wrong with me, as I show him the text message I could feel his anger building up inside of him. This was no joke, it was racism. My dad gets the number from me and asks a friend of his to search the number to find out who it was, I do the same by asking my close friend. About 20 minutes later I get a call from the friend that I asked, she told me who it was and I was shocked. It was a boy that sat next to me in my english class, I've never talked to him except for maybe twice when I didn't get something. A couple days later my dad took the situation to the police department, and then about a week later the date was set for "pre-court". I told my family over and over that I didn't want to take the situation to the police department and that it was "no big deal", but I am glad they did. The boy recieved a warning but it would still be on his permanent record. If you recieve any rude or disturbing texts from unknown or even known numbers, tell someone you trust, because if you let them get away with it once, they will keep doing it. You can't erase a situation by just pressing the "ERASE" button on your phone.