In 2007 two incidents involving #nooses within the #USCG drew national attention. That summer, a #Black cadet at the service’s officer training academy found a noose in his sea bag while aboard a #CoastGuard vessel. The next month an instructor discussing #race relations in response to the first incident reported a #noose was left in her office.
#law #Trump #WhiteSupremacy #racism #antisemitism #swastika #ConfederateFlag #HateCrimes #HateSpeech
#Journalism matters
#USCG reverses course on policy to call #swastikas & #nooses 'potentially divisive'
The late-night change came the same day media outlets, led by WaPo, discovered that the #CoastGuard had written a policy…that called those same symbols “potentially divisive.” The term was a shift from a years-long policy…that said symbols like swastikas & nooses were “widely identified with oppression or hatred” & called their display “a potential #hate incident.”
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