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Hate on Display™ Hate Symbols Database

 

This database provides an overview of many of the symbols most frequently used by a variety of white supremacist groups and movements, as well as some other types of hate groups.

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14

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14
14 is numerical shorthand for the white supremacist slogan known as the "14 Words": "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children."
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14 Words

Hate Symbol
14 Words
14 Words is a reference to the popular white supremacist slogan: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children."
ALTERNATE NAMES: Fourteen Words
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1488

Hate Symbol
1488
1488: 14 words and the 8th letter of the alphabet. Combined this creates a powerful symbol for white supremacists. Find out the true meaning of these numbers.
ALTERNATE NAMES: 8814
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88

Hate Symbol
88
88 is a white supremacist numerical code for Heil Hitler. Read more about the meaning behind the numbers, as well as how it’s used in non-extremist forms.
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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.
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Anti-SHARP Imagery

Hate Symbol
Anti-SHARP
Racist skinheads view anti-racist skinheads (typically known as SHARPs, an acronym for Skin Heads Against Racial Prejudice) as enemies and frequently attack them (and vice versa). Racist skinheads also commonly create anti-SHARP imagery that typically demeans SHARPs or implies violence should be used against them.
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Arrow Cross

Hate Symbol
Arrow Cross
The Arrow Cross symbol derives from the Hungarian fascist political party known as the Arrow Cross Party that was active during 1935-45. Since then, various neo-Nazis and white supremacists have used the symbol themselves, either generically or as part of the logo of a specific hate group.
ALTERNATE NAMES: Crosstar
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Aryan Fist

Hate Symbol
Aryan Fist
The Aryan Fist symbol is a white supremacist symbol adopted from the "black power fist" used by black nationalist groups in the 1960s and 1970s.
ALTERNATE NAMES: White Power Fist, White Fist
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Blood & Honour

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Blood & Honour
Blood & Honour is an international neo-Nazi/racist skinhead group started by British white supremacist and singer Ian Stuart.
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Blood Drop Cross

Hate Symbol
"Blood Drop" Cross
The "Mystic Insignia of a Klansman" (the Blood Drop Cross) is the primary symbol related to the Ku Klux Klan. Learn more about this iconic hate symbol.
ALTERNATE NAMES: Ku Klux Klan, MIOAK
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Blue Eyed Devils

Hate Symbol
Blue Eyed Devils
The term "blue-eyed devil" is a racial epithet directed against people of European ancestry that originated in Asia. Some white supremacists have adopted the term for themselves, including a white power music band that appropriated the name and created a distinctive logo consisting of a rounded Celtic Cross out of which a man points a gun.
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Boots and Laces

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Boots and Laces
Racist skinheads prefer wearing steel-toed workboots, typically with red or white shoelaces laced a certain way.
ALTERNATE NAMES: Red Shoelaces, White Shoelaces
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Bound for Glory

Hate Symbol
Bound for Glory
Bound for Glory is the name of a longstanding white power music band (dating back to 1989) from Minneapolis. It is popular among white supremacists. The main symbol associated with the band is a Thor's Hammer containing the band's initials. Also common are the band's initials in or superimposed over an Iron Cross. Both images derive from albums released by the group.
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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

Burning Cross

Hate Symbol
Burning Cross
One of the most potent hate symbols is the burning cross, popularized as a terror symbol by the Ku Klux Klan.
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Celtic Cross

Hate Symbol
Celtic Cross
The Celtic Cross is one of the most important and commonly used white supremacist symbols. Learn the history and current version of the Celtic Cross.
ALTERNATE NAMES: Odin’s Cross, Sun Cross, Wheel Cross
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Confederate Flag

Hate Symbol
Confederate Flag
The Confederate flag is a common white supremacist symbol. Learn more about its use by non-extremists, as well as its recognition as a hate symbol.
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Crazy White Boy

Hate Symbol
Crazy White Boy
The term "Crazy White Boy/s" (or its initials) is a phrase used generically by some white supremacists (often as a tattoo), but also commonly used as the name for various white gangs. Although commonly used by white supremacists, others may also use the term, so it should be carefully judged in its context.
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Crucified Skinhead

Hate Symbol
Crucified Skinhead
The crucified skinhead is a common skinhead symbol used by racist and non-racist skinheads alike, typically to expressed a perceived sense that society is opposed against them. Racist skinheads often adorn the symbol with additional hate symbols or replace the cross itself with a hate symbol.
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Echo

Hate Symbol
Echo (Parentheses)
The "echo," as it is sometimes called, is the on-line use by anti-Semites of multiple parentheses around a person's name to indicate that they are Jewish or, when used around a phrase or term, such as (((banker))), to imply that the word "Jewish" should be added to it.
ALTERNATE NAMES: Parentheses, Parenthesis
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All the symbols depicted here 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, the Confederate Flag is a symbol that is frequently used by white supremacists but which also has been used by people and groups that are not racist. 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.

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