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πŸ‘ŒοΈŽ πŸ‘ŒοΈ
Text style is forced with ⟨︎⟩ and emoji style with ⟨️⟩.
πŸ‘Œ U+1F44C, 👌
OK HAND SIGN
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Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs πŸ‘ β†’
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Etymology

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A representation of the common hand gesture. The use to signal support for white supremacy began among users of the imageboard 4chan, due to the widely-known innocuous sense, as part of a trolling campaign designed to provoke media backlash and thereby enable the ridicule of anyone pointing out its racial meaning.[1] The gesture and symbol came to be genuinely used by white supremacists.[2][3]

Symbol

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πŸ‘ŒοΈŽ

  1. Okay.
  2. Excellent, awesome, nice.
  3. (alt-right, white supremacy) A dog whistle for or reference to white supremacy.
    • 2019 May 23, Alexander Ferrer (@Aleksandrferrer), Twitterβ€Ž[4] (in English), archived from the original on 2022-06-12:
      You are not alone , if you are a white person pro , congragulations . Exist people with the eyen open that have the hope of make the white people great again!.πŸ‘ŒπŸ‘ŒπŸ‘Œ
      #OkGesture #WhitePride #WhiteGenocide #WhitePro #WhiteProblem #WhiteGuilt #WhitePower #BlackPower
    • 2020 March 27, Rocky John (@rockyjohn012), Twitterβ€Ž[5] (in English), archived from the original on 2022-06-12:
      Its not racist to love your people.. Stop white genocide... White race has the right to self determination...πŸ‘Œ Protect your race, just like HE wanted to.. you know who I am talking aboutπŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ
    • 2020 July 2, Liverbird # (@jjcwow), Twitterβ€Ž[6] (in English), archived from the original on 2020-07-02:
      How absolutely stupid and childish, this is out of hand!!πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§πŸ‘ŒπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§
      πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§πŸ‘ŒWHITE LIVES MATTERπŸ‘ŒπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§
    • 2021 November 11, hey_joeb (@Hey_joeb), Twitterβ€Ž[7] (in English), archived from the original on 2021-11-11:
      Rittenhouse doesn’t need a lawyer .
      He has a Judge? πŸ‘Œ
    • 2021 December 6, *GMQ* SUSAN (@ifudontlike2bad), Twitterβ€Ž[8] (in English), archived from the original on 2021-12-07:
      "I'm dreaming of a white power Christmas..." β„πŸ‘Œβ„πŸ‘Œβ„
    • 2022 May 3, VIX (@VIX38083085), Twitterβ€Ž[9] (in English), archived from the original on 2021-05-03:
      πŸ‘ŒβŠ•White PowerβŠ•πŸ˜
    • 2022 May 4, πŸ§‚Salt Shaker πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ (@a_salt_weapon), Twitterβ€Ž[10] (in English), archived from the original on 2022-05-04:
      White Power πŸ‘Œ
    • 2022 June 11, πŸ‘Œ (@NYC1488), Twitterβ€Ž[11] (in English), archived from the original on 2022-06-11:
      Hitler was right
  4. (Internet slang, euphemistic, figuratively) The sexual stimulation of the penis.
    • 2024 January 15, Commenter Jasminimal, 2:19:26 from the start, in Rechtsextreme auf dem Vormarsch | Arte - Anstieg rechter Gewaltβ€Ž[12] (in German), EX - Rechte Rotlicht Rocker - Philip Schlaffer:
      Denen wurde ja sogar erzΓ€hlt, sie sollen aufhΓΆren mit Pornos und πŸ‘Œ … damit die Typen immer aggressiver werden.
      They were even told they should quit porn and hand shandy … so them blokes become ever more aggy

Usage notes

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Using this emoji with skin type modifiers 🏻, 🏼, 🏽, 🏾, 🏿 will result in the following:

Fitzpatrick skin types
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πŸ‘Œ πŸ‘ŒπŸ» πŸ‘ŒπŸΌ πŸ‘ŒπŸ½ πŸ‘ŒπŸΎ πŸ‘ŒπŸΏ
  • (white supremacist dog whistle): Since use in reference to white supremacy was originally nominally trolling, this origin is often used to discredit reports of it being used for this purpose. However, the gesture and symbol are also actually used by white supremacists.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ β€œINTRODUCING: OPERATION O-KKK”, in archive.4plebsβ€Ž[1], 2017 February 27, archived from the original on 2018-11-16
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 David Neiwert (2018 September 19) β€œIs that an OK sign? A white power symbol? Or just a right-wing troll?”, in Southern Poverty Law Centerβ€Ž[2], archived from the original on 2022-06-12
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Anti-Defamation League (2019) β€œOkay Hand Gesture”, in ADLβ€Ž[3], archived from the original on 2022-06-12