Saturday, December 21, 2019

US Navy Finds No Racist Intent In Probe Of 'White Power' Hand Signs At Army-Navy Game



CNN: US service academies say hand gestures at Army-Navy game were a game and not racist

The US Naval Academy and US Military Academy at West Point said Friday that the hand gesture some cadets and midshipmen were seen making on camera was part of a game known as the "circle game" and not a white supremacist symbol.

The circle game is commonly played when a person forms an "OK" with their hand below their waist to trick a second person into looking at it. If the second person is caught looking at the hand gesture, that person is then punched by the person who made the gesture.

The academies were investigating to see if the cadets and midshipmen were making a sign that can be associated with white nationalism, which is someone forming the "OK" sign with their fingers and thumb to symbolize the letters "WP" -- which stands for white power.

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WNU Editor: Another example of much ado about nothing.

More News On The US Navy Finding No Racist Intent In Probe Of 'White Power' Hand Signs At Army-Navy Game

Navy, Army probes find no racism intent in hand gestures -- AP
Army, Navy investigators find hand gestures made during football broadcast weren't racist -- FOX News
Hand gestures at Army-Navy game were not racist, investigation concludes -- ABC News
Army, Navy investigations: GameDay hand signals were for 'circle game,' not white supremacist sign -- USA Today
Investigation finds no racist intent behind OK hand signals at Army-Navy game -- The Hill
Naval Academy: Hand gestures ‘sophomoric game’ -- Navy Times

5 comments:

Anonymous said...


"The Circle Game"

"A game of peripheral vision, trickery and motor skills.
Rules ...

by Time4SumAksion August 25, 2005"

www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=The%20Circle%20Game


Apparently, this is a thing. I can see cadets being attracted to this game after the hazing they receive during "freshman" year. A small part of me wonders, if these same cadets don't also take the tide pod challenge on weekends when they do laundry.

Anonymous said...



www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2018/03/08/light-insignia-tacking-is-still-ok-for-promotions-jag-says/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_wings\

www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=74302


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedovshchina

www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-03-14-9403140091-story.html

www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-10-fg-hazing10-story.html

Anonymous said...

CNN is fake news. Boys will be boys.

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RussInSoCal said...

These reporters apparently have no teenage children.

Anonymous said...

We played that game years ago. .everyone at my school played it. .everyone..It never ever was a racist thing why the fck is the media doing this? Instigate race wars and race tensions. It is insane