This is a list of hate symbols, including acronyms, numbers, phrases, logos, flags, gestures and other miscellaneous symbols used for hateful purposes, according to the Anti-Defamation League in their "Hate Symbols" database.[1] Some of these items have been appropriated by hate groups and may have other, non-hate-group-related meanings,[2][3] including anti-racist meanings.[4]
White supremacists claim that Jews have been expelled from 109 nations throughout history; by calling for the United States to expel Jews as well, they aim to make the USA the "110th". This number is sometimes combined with the numeric code 1488, creating 1488–110.
The number 13 refers to the purported percentage of the U.S. population that is African-American. The number 52 refers to the alleged percentage of all murders committed in the U.S. that are committed by African-Americans. Some white supremacists use the number 50 instead of 52. The number 90 refers to the percentage of violent interracial crime allegedly committed by African-Americans.
The thirty-three represents three elevens, as K is the eleventh letter of the alphabet, and three of them make "KKK" – the six represents the sixth "era" of the Ku Klux Klan
The percentage of the world's population that is purportedly white
Phrases
Phrase
Alternate phrase(s) or examples
Meaning
"Anudda Shoah"
"Anuddah Shoah"
A phrase used to mock the concept that Jewish people regularly talk about the Holocaust; "Annuda" is a spelling of "Another" as if spoken with a heavy Yiddish accent, and "Shoah" is a Hebrew word meaning "Catastrophe", and it is regularly used in reference to the Holocaust. As such, the phrase can be read as: "It's like another Holocaust!"
A racial slur originating from Asia to refer to people of European ancestry, it has been adopted by some white supremacists who began to refer to themselves as "Blue-Eyed Devils".
A generic phrase used by white supremacists to identify themselves to other white supremacists.
"Day of the Rope"
A phrase referring to a fictional event in the neo-Nazi book The Turner Diaries. In the novel, the "Day of the Rope" is an event where mass lynchings took place against minorities, journalists, race-mixers and politicians, all within the span of a day.
A phrase originating on 4chan in 2017, it was created with the purpose of putting it on fliers to be put in public places. Originators assumed that "liberals" would react negatively to such fliers and condemn them or take them down, thus "proving" that liberals did not even think it was "okay" to be white.
"Love Your Race"
A phrase used by white supremacists to encourage racialism.
A German phrase translating to "My Honor is Loyalty". It was originally a motto used by the Waffen-SS.
"Muh Holocaust"
An antisemitic meme used to imply that Jewish people "whine" about the Holocaust. The word "Muh" means "My".
"Non Silba Sed Anthar"
"NSSA"
A Latin/Gothic phrase translating to "Not Self, But Others", a phrase used by the Ku Klux Klan.
"Peckerwood"
Originally a racial epithet aimed at white people, it was adopted by white supremacists. A "Peckerwood" is a member of a white supremacist street or prison gang.
A phrase making reference to the six million Jewish people killed in the Holocaust. The "million" is replaced with the nonsensical "Gorillion", implying that the number of Jewish deaths caused by the Holocaust is greatly exaggerated.
"The Goyim Know, Shut It Down!"
"Da Goyim Know"
A mocking antisemitic phrase meant to be understood as spoken by a panicked Jew responding to an occurrence that would ostensibly reveal the "Jewish plot" to manipulate non-Jewish people (A.K.A. "Goyim").
"We Wuz Kangs"
"We Wuz Kings",
"Kings N Shiet"
A phrase, written as if spoken in exaggerated African-American Vernacular English, saying "We Were Kings". This phrase mocks the Black Egyptian hypothesis. More specifically, it mocks the idea held by some people of Sub-Saharan African descent that their ancestors were Pharaohs of the Egyptian civilization. The use of mock-vernacular is meant to contrast supposedly "uneducated" African-Americans with supposedly "civilized" Ancient Egyptians.
British white supremacist band, broke up in 1993, but still popular amongst the far-right, especially in Britain. They have been the subject of at least one parody group, "Jewdriver".[58]
Although this was not the national flag of the Confederate States of America, it was later used by racist groups to attack Black people in the American South. This flag is also commonly-known as the "Rebel flag".
During the time when the flag was used, South Africa implemented the apartheid system, which ordered all Black citizens to use poor-quality facilities, making life more difficult and dangerous for Black and Coloured South Africans. It was used by racist groups to show their opposition to multiculturalism and hatred of non-White people.
The Vinland flag was appropriated by racist groups from English-speaking parts of Canada and America to represent their Norse origins. It is also used by non-racists, including fans of the flag's designer, Peter Steele, and his gothic metal band, Type O Negative.
This flag is used by modern Neo-Nazis, especially in Germany and the United States, to bypass the legal ban of the Nazi flag. Because of this usage, its use is considered as a crime within seven states in Germany. In the other nine German states, misuse of the flag for fascist purposes is punishable with a fine.
As the flag of Nazi Germany, it has become notorious in the Western world as representative of the exterminations under the Holocaust, and Nazi hatred of other races and people considered "weak" or "inferior".
Based on the symbol of the 36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, also commonly known as the Dirlewanger Brigade, headed by Oskar Dirlewanger, the namesake of the brigade.
Iron Cross (German military award of the Third Reich era)
The Odal rune was used during Nazi Germany for two Waffen SS divisions. Likewise, racist neopagan groups also used the odal rune to represent a mythical "Aryan" past. It is also used by non-racist Norse neopagan groups in religious ceremonies.
Racist neopagan groups use the Mjolnir to represent "Aryan" mysticism. However, the symbol is also used by non-racist and anti-racist Norse neopagan groups as a symbol for their religion or to worship Thor.
Initially used as the symbol of authority among Ancient Romans, the symbol was adopted as the fascist symbol due to its acceptance in the public compared to the Nazi Swastika.
Cartoon frog character first created in 2005, which has been co-opted as a racist meme since the late 2010s. In practice, it is normally used in a non-racist way.
Steel-toed work boots are a popular symbol among subcultures related to music. White power skinheads, also called boneheads, may specifically wear them with red or white laces, usually "ladder laced" (uncrossed),[78] but regular lacing also can be seen. It is important to keep in mind that various subcultures, such as punks and metalheads, wear boots that can be laced in "ladder lacing" way, in various colors.[79]
a.^^^^ This symbol, while sometimes used as a hate symbol, is also used as a religious symbol for many pagans, and should not be assumed to be a hate symbol in all contexts.
^Sturtevant, Paul B. (December 28, 2017). "Schrödinger's Medievalisms". The Public Medievalist. Archived from the original on February 24, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
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