Here's what you should know about the "OK" hand sign by now: In early 2017, a bunch of trolls on 4chan thought it would be funny to trick the media into claiming the "OK" hand sign - thumb and ...

The latest eruption of the “OK” gesture as secret sign of White Power is a video clip from the broadcast of the Army/Navy game. You could see two of the cadets nearby making an upside down “OK” ...

A window sign in Santee, Calif., addresses a recent incident in which a man wore a KKK hood into a Vons grocery store. (Jill Nelson) No, white supremacists. You do not get to own the hand signal for ...

It appears that a joke/prank created on the forum of 4chan.org was successful in its goal to get the internet and people to think the common 'OK' hand sign was actually a white power symbol. This ...

A photo has appeared online which shows a sheriff in New Mexico flashing a hand symbol which now has associations with white supremacy. Rio Arriba County Sheriff James Lujan has denied his gesture had ...

The developer of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has removed the “OK” gesture from its video game amid growing fears that players were using it as a hate symbol, reported the Independent. The gesture, co ...

Partly due to the internet, and partly due to the negative aspects of humanity, innocent or nonsensical signs and symbols are often coopted or changed to fit the hateful agenda of different groups.

The city of Portland, Oregon, was shaken to its core over the weekend, as it appeared that a city courthouse was displaying a “white power symbol” in its windows. Everyone waited with bated breath for ...

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at The Conversation. On April 17, 2023, the Nebraska Cornhuskers unveiled the latest version of ...

Earlier this week, Judge Cahill made a hand gesture from the bench that has Proud Boys convinced that he’s one of them. The Proud Boys is an extremist far-right group that calls itself “western ...

No, white supremacists. You do not get to own the hand signal for “OK.” Nor the term 100%. Swastikas and Nazi salutes and the like are apparently no longer enough for white supremacist groups, which ...