Placing the thumb and forefinger together to show all is food is a sign frequently made in most English-speaking countries, by divers, and by the hearing-impaired community. According to the ADL’s Oren Segal, the organization was reluctant to add the “OK” gesture to its database of hate symbols because it’s meant everything is “OK” for hundreds of years.
Since the seventeenth century, the hand sign has been used to show that things are going well. “We believe law enforcement and the public needs to be fully informed about the meaning of these images, which can serve as a first warning sign to the presence of haters in a community or school,” Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the ADL said. Earlier this week, the ADL revealed that alt-right groups are using the “OK” gesture to denote “white power.” The “OK” hand gesture has been hijacked by white supremacists and is now a hate symbol, according to the A nti-Defamation League (ADL).
No major incidents were reported on Saturday afternoon in Portland (western USA) during a far-right rally and far-left counter-demonstration, raising fears of violent clashes between local authorities and US President Donald Trump, who was monitoring the event 'very closely'. A member of the far-right group 'Proud Boys' makes the OK hand gesture believed to have white supremacist connotations during 'The End Domestic Terrorism' rally at Tom McCall Waterfront Park on Augin Portland, Oregon.
