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Pepe the Frog

Hate Symbol
Pepe the Frog
Pepe the Frog is a popular Internet meme used in a variety of contexts. In recent years it has also been appropriated by white supremacists, particularly those from the "alt right," who use in racist, anti-Semitic or other hateful contexts.
Read more about Pepe the Frog

Anti-Antifa Images

Hate Symbol
Anti-Antifa
“Anti-Antifa” images are white supremacist symbols and memes directed against antifa activists. Antifa (short for “anti-fascist”) are left-wing and anarchist activists who focus on directly confronting white supremacists.
Read more about Anti-Antifa Images

Bowlcut/Dylann Roof

Hate Symbol
Bowlcut/Dylann Roof
The “Bowlcut” is an image of a bowl-shaped haircut resembling the one sported by white supremacist mass killer Dylan Roof. People who use the “bowlcut” image or other “bowl” references admire Roof and call for others to emulate his racist murders.
Read more about Bowlcut/Dylann Roof

Fasces

Hate Symbol
Fasces
Fasces are an ancient Roman symbol for authority and government coopted by Mussolini’s Fascist movement in Italy. Some white supremacists in the United States have recently adopted the symbol both because of its fascist connections and because it is more publicly acceptable than the swastika.
Read more about Fasces

The Happy Merchant

Hate Symbol
Happy Merchant
The Happy Merchant is a very common anti-Semitic meme popularized by the alt right, featuring a person with exaggerated stereotypically Jewish features and grasping hands, meant to convey a “greedy Jew.”
Read more about The Happy Merchant

Identitarian Lambda

Hate Symbol
Identitarian Lambda
The Identitarian lambda is a symbol used by people who identify with Identitarianism, a racist and anti-immigrant European far right movement loosely analogous to the alt right in the United States.
Read more about Identitarian Lambda

Jera Rune

Hate Symbol
Jera Rune
The Jera rune is an ancient European runic symbol and part of the runic alphabet. It is one of a number of runic symbols that white supremacists have appropriated but is also commonly used by non-racist modern Norse pagans, so care needs to be taken in its evaluation.
Read more about Jera Rune

League of the South

Hate Symbol
League of the South
The League of the South is a longstanding neo-Confederate white supremacist group that advocates for an independent, white-dominated South. Its symbol is intended to resemble the St. Andrew’s Cross on the Confederate flag.
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Moon Man

Hate Symbol
Moon Man
“Moon Man” is a meme derived from a character in 1980s McDonald’s restaurant commercials that was appropriated by white supremacists, especially from the alt right, who attach it to racist songs, language and imagery.
Read more about Moon Man

St. Michael’s Cross

Hate Symbol
St. Michael’s Cross
St. Michael’s Cross is a white supremacist symbol that originated in Romania in the years before World War II as the symbol of the fascist Iron Guard movement.
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Trollface (Racist Versions)

Hate Symbol
Trollface (Racist Versions)
Like Pepe the Frog, “Trollface” is a widely-used internet cartoon meme that has been appropriated and used by some white supremacists. Care must be taken not to make assumptions of the intent behind its use but to judge it only in context.
Read more about Trollface (Racist Versions)

Ku Klux Klan Robes

Hate Symbol
Ku Klux Klan Robes
The hood and robes of Ku Klux Klan members are the most visible Klan symbol of all. Read about the history and current meanings behind the Klan’s robes.
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Love Your Race

Hate Symbol
Love Your Race
"Love Your Race" is a white supremacist slogan originally popularized by the neo-Nazi National Alliance. In white supremacist literature and fliers, the phrase is often accompanied by an idealized image of a beautiful and/or maternal white woman.
Read more about Love Your Race

No Race Mixing

Hate Symbol
No Race Mixing
White supremacists fear and hate the concept of multiracial couples, relationships or families, believing that such relationships "pollute" the "pure" white race. As a result, a fairly common white supremacist symbol depicts a multiracial couple or family, with a red circle/bar superimposed over the depiction, indicating that such relationships ought to be prohibited.
Read more about No Race Mixing

Northwest American Republic

Hate Symbol
Northwest American Republic
The "Northwest American Republic" is a fictional construct created by Harold Covington, a long-time fringe figure in the neo-Nazi movement. It is based on the so-called "Northwest Imperative," a longstanding call by some white supremacists for white people to move to the Pacific Northwest and establish their own country.
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RAHOWA

Hate Symbol
RAHOWA
RAHOWA is an acronym for "Racial Holy War," a term created by the Creativity Movement, a white supremacist pseudo-religion, as a rallying cry for the white supremacist cause.
Read more about RAHOWA

ROA

Hate Symbol
ROA
ROA is an acronym for the white supremacist slogan "Race Over All," popularized by the neo-Nazi/racist skinhead gang Volksfront.
Read more about ROA

Runic Writing (racist)

Hate Symbol
Runic Writing (racist)
Runic alphabets are pre-Roman alphabets used widely across Europe, easily recognizable because of their angular characters. White supremacists to use runic letters to portray words of significance to the white supremacist cause, on clothing or as tattoos. Because runes are still commonly used in a variety of non-racist forms, their appearance should always be carefully analyzed in context.
Read more about Runic Writing (racist)

South African Flag (Apartheid Era)

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South African Flag (apartheid era)
After apartheid, South Africa adopted a new national flag. White supremacists around the world have adopted the prior flag as a symbol of white supremacy.
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Not Equal

Hate Symbol
Not Equal
Some white supremacists have adopted the mathematical sign "≠" (Not Equal or Not Equal To) as a white supremacist symbol. The use of this symbol is an attempt to claim that different races are not equal to each other (and to imply that the white race is superior).
Read more about Not Equal

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