Posted on 01/29/2022 9:13:12 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has made a change to its cartoon mascot Herbie Husker to eliminate confusion about the meaning of a hand gesture he makes that some people connect with white supremacy.
In the original depiction of the mascot, which debuted in the early 1970s, Herbie’s left hand made the “OK” sign with the index finger and thumb forming a closed circle. In recent years, some hate groups have come to use the gesture as a sign for white power — three straight fingers make a ‘W’ and the circle formed next to an extended finger make a ‘P.’
Herbie’s left hand now makes the well-known “We’re No. 1” sign with his index finger raised.
“The concern about the hand gesture was brought to our attention by our apparel provider and others, and we decided to move forward with a revised Herbie Husker logo,” Nebraska Athletics said in a statement to The Associated Press. “The process of changing the logo began in 2020, and we updated our brand guidelines in July of 2021. The revised logo is now the only Herbie Husker mark available to licensees.”
The Anti-Defamation League lists the OK hand gesture in its Hate Symbols Database and explains the altered meaning originated on an internet bulletin board five years ago.
The ADL description: “A common hand gesture that a 4chan trolling campaign claimed in 2017 had been appropriated as a symbol meaning ‘white power.’ Used by many on the right — not just extremists — for the purpose of trolling liberals, the symbol eventually came to be used by actual white supremacists as well. Caution must be used in evaluating instances of this symbol’s use.”
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According to the left a white infant was born racist-and something needs to be done about it!
The chans tried a similar thing with the rainbow. Sadly, that trolling didn’t catch fire as the rainbow was too sacred to abandon.
“...in Russian...it means a$$hole...”
Very similar to American sign language except the index finger is completely curled and covered by the thumb with the remaining fingers pointing straight up giving a fairly accurate physical representation of a sphincter.
Let’s start a story the ‘thumbs up’ sign is code for ‘I’m a commie who hates Americans’...
Then let’s see if the corrupt press spreads the lie.
There was an episode of Law and Order Special Victims Unit a couple weeks ago where one of the cops, a “Georgia” girl, flashes the “Ok” sign to a suspect who is sold as a “white supremacist” to get him to open up to her. I piss myself every time I see them trying to make this a thing. It just isn’t.
I never noticed. I doubt most others noticed either. Too think people go into debt for life to go to one of these fool assed institutions.
Nebraska should worry about winning football games, not this crap.
Half the things that Lefties use to demonstrate “white supremacy” and “racism” are complete BS. The 4chan joke just provided them with another idea for a boogieman.
Okay, so instead of okay, they’ve switched to adopting the hand signal for jihadist supremacy?
What a load of horses#it!!!
Insanity and delusion are rapidly replacing sanity and fact. The insanity and delusion are then accepted as reality and all who object are persecuted.
You almost have to laugh at these morons.
Damn white supremacists. They're everywhere.
THIS is awesome! Great post
A black hockey player took offence at a white player for hunkering down like Hulk Hogan after a fight. The white player had done it previously in other fights but was suspended the rest of the season.
We need some black conservatives to start saying the one hand symbol is signaling whites are number one.
The “OK” hand gesture has been added to an expanding list of hate symbols used by white supremacists. The Anti-Defamation League announced dozens of new additions to its database Thursday.
The hand symbol began as a hoax by users of the website 4chan before turning into a popular trolling tactic, according to the Anti-Defamation League. By this year, it had evolved into a gesture embraced “in some circles as a sincere expression of white supremacy,” the civil rights group said.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ok-symbol-hand-gesture-anti-defamation-league-bowl-cut-racism-hatred/
>Maybe tie a rainbow flag to lynching somehow or something
There’s a challenge for the /pol types!
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