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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWho came up with the hand sign for white power?
Did they realize that symbol was already taken by sign language?
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Who came up with the hand sign for white power? (Original Post)
Baitball Blogger
Mar 2019
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Polybius
(15,510 posts)1. I remember someone telling me it means asshole way back in like 1990
To me though, it will always mean ok.
TwilightZone
(25,499 posts)2. They probably knew and thought it was witty.
They're not the brightest to begin with.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)3. It started as an internet joke to troll liberals
But now it seems to have taken on a life of it's own.
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/09/18/ok-sign-white-power-symbol-or-just-right-wing-troll
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)4. I missread your headline: "Who came up with the hand sign for white powder?"
Sorry, my nose is itching.
gibraltar72
(7,513 posts)5. My understanding is
it was to show three fingers to designate you were KKK. I could be wrong but that is what my memory hole says.