All the symbols depicted in the hate symbols database must be evaluated in the context in which they appear. Few symbols represent just one idea or are used exclusively by one group. For example, 100% is often used as an amount or an expression and it is also used by some white supremacists as shorthand for "100% white." Similarly, other symbols in this database may be significant to people who are not extreme or racist. The descriptions here point out significant multiple meanings but may not be able to relay every possible meaning of a particular symbol.
The phrase “Diversity = White Genocide” is a white supremacist slogan coined by disciples of Bob Whitaker, a former Republican congressional aide and Reagan administration appointee who later embraced white supremacy and began writing for neo-Nazi publications. Whitaker emphasized the tactic of adopting simple slogans and endlessly repeating them; his followers took him at his word, making up several slogans and promoting them constantly.
The first such slogan was “Anti-racist is a code for anti-white,” but the similar phrase “Diversity is a code word for white genocide” soon followed. Eventually some shortened the phrase to “Diversity = White Genocide,” while others created variants, such as “Diversity means chasing down the last white person.” Tree of Life synagogue shooter Robert Bowers, among others, have used the phrase; Bowers included it in one of his posts to the social media platform Gab.
As the phrase “white genocide” itself has become more popular among white supremacists in recent years, “Diversity = White Genocide” and its variants have also become more common.
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