WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Today, in response to reports of a wave of racist text messages sent to African American middle school, high school, and college students across the country, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) released the following statement calling for solidarity and calling on civil rights groups to join together to denounce the spread of hatred: "Racist hate and threats like what we are seein more PR