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Video game developer Infinity Ward has officially ended racism by removing the “OK” hand gesture emote from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.

Stunning and brave.
“After plastering “BLACK LIVES MATTER” in capitalized bold text across every loading screen and delaying the launch of Season 4 for a week seemingly failed to end racism on a global scale, it appears that Infinity Ward have removed the OK emote from the game,” reports National File.
The company didn’t publicly acknowledge the change, but numerous Twitter users noticed the deadly hand sign’s absence from the game.

 

[FranXico]

Racist is who racism sees.

 

[iconmaster]

I’m still unclear on whether the OK gesture is really a secret signal for racists or if that’s just an urban legend blown up by current hysteria.

 

[The Bloody-Nine]

Virtue signalling idiots.

 

[captainraincoat]

I thought it was measuring girth or the perfect amount of pasta for one

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

I’m still unclear on whether the OK gesture is really a secret signal for racists or if that’s just an urban legend blown up by current hysteria.

Have you heard of Four Chan?

 

[GymWolf]

How is an OK sign racist??

 

[The Bloody-Nine]

How is an OK sign racist??

Because 4 Chan pretended it was for a joke and idiots actually fell for it.

 

[LostDonkey]

I’m still unclear on whether the OK gesture is really a secret signal for racists or if that’s just an urban legend blown up by current hysteria.

Wasn't it started on 4 Chan to see if they could influence the media into believing it was a Symbol or something.

I'm sure i read something along the lines.

 

[iconmaster]

Have you heard of Four Chan?

Yeah, I found this on NY Times:

It started in early 2017 as a hoax. Some users of 4chan, an anonymous and unrestricted online message board, began what they called “Operation O-KKK,” to see if they could trick the wider world — and especially liberals and the mainstream media — into believing that the innocuous gesture was actually a clandestine symbol of white power.

But even knowing that, the author goes on to take it seriously anyway:

The 4chan hoax succeeded all too well, and ceased being a hoax: Neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klansmen and other white nationalists began using the gesture in public to signal their presence and to spot potential sympathizers and recruits. For them, the letters formed by the hand were not O and K, but W and P, for “white power.”

The gesture is not the only symbol to have been appropriated and swiftly weaponized by alt-right internet trolls. The Southern Poverty Law Center has identified memes featuring the hoax religion of Kek and the cartoon character Pepe the Frog, among others, as being at the forefront of white nationalists’ efforts to distract and infuriate liberals.

(I enjoy the hidden implication that it’s white nationalists who’d be most interested in infuriating liberals.)

 

[Puskas]

They all fell for it as expected. IW’s just late to the party.

 

[Portugeezer]

I’m still unclear on whether the OK gesture is really a secret signal for racists or if that’s just an urban legend blown up by current hysteria.

The latter, but then some people trolled with it knowing about the hysteria and it became a self fulfilling prophecy. OK gesture is now racist apparently.

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

Yeah, I found this on NY Times:

But even knowing that, the author goes on to take it seriously anyway:

(I enjoy the hidden implication that it’s white nationalists who’d be most interested in infuriating liberals.)

NY Times makes the Faux News "full nudity sex scenes in Mass Effect" look charming in comparison.

 

[Boss Mog]

You forgot the "d" at the end of Ward in the title OP and it had me all condused with "what does the MCU have to do with CoD?".

Stupidity on the part of the devs and I guess 4chan are the ones laughing hard, they managed to take a common positive gesture and cancel it by trolling.

 

[Stuart360]

Its crazy the power SJW's still hold over these billion dollar companies. They are scared stiff of em.

 

[The Bloody-Nine]

Yeah, I found this on NY Times:



But even knowing that, the author goes on to take it seriously anyway:



(I enjoy the hidden implication that it’s white nationalists who’d be most interested in infuriating liberals.)

Morons like these fell for it and, rather than hold their hands up, just made up a bunch of shit to try and save face. Incredibly embarrassing for them on all counts.

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

Its crazy the power SJW's still hold over these billion dollar companies. They are scared stiff of em.

I think you've got it backwards: the execs at these companies support the movements and embrace the opportunity to show off their brands virtue by using and reusing the same inexpensive advertising methods brave and stunning corporate displays of support.

 

[Perrott]

Have you heard of Four Chan?

Great site

 

[INC]

Getting silly now, I bet most people dont even realise it was even remotely used for racism by certain groups

So now you've just given it more power.....GG.

 

[Manstructiclops]

Someone reboot this matrix already, it's gone a bit fucked.

 

[nowhat]

Ok mods, please fix the title. I was really confused how a Marvel movie from couple of years back erases a hand gesture from COD.

 

[DeeDogg_]

Are we living in a parody?

 

[fourfourtwo]

There's no need to be facetious, you cannot deny the seriously rampant racism present in that game, and I hope IW do more to combat it.

 

[Birdo]

 

[Arun1910]

What a joke.

 

[Forsythia]

Racism abolished, Infinity Ward deserves the Nobel Peace Prize!

 

[Woo-Fu]

When you think about how some people on 4chan can pull off a mindfuck like this imagine what an intelligence agency or media outlet can do.

 

[Nester99]

So not a Thanos problem?

 

[LostDonkey]

When you think about how some people on 4chan can pull off a mindfuck like this imagine what an intelligence agency or media outlet can do.

The internet and media in general is a very powerful and often dangerous tool.

 

[Lunk]

Marvel Avengers Infinity War really did end racism, yeah.

 

[Stuart360]

When you think about how some people on 4chan can pull off a mindfuck like this imagine what an intelligence agency or media outlet can do.

It seems so easy to manipulate and brainwash humans as well, its scary to think about. I can only imagine how many times we have been manipulated over the years, without even realizing.

 

[Fart Knight]

We are at an all time low

 

[cormack12]

Wait? People paid for this and then it has been removed?

Better cancel divers too

Also it got wildly conflated with this

Is The "Circle Game" Just Child's Play?

If you remember playing the "Circle Game" as a kid, you might be surprised to learn it has become associated with a more harmful meaning now.

www.dictionary.com

Alabama police officers suspended for making hand gesture linked to white power

Four Alabama police officers have been suspended without pay after the city’s mayor says they made a hand gesture associated with white supremacist movements in an official photo.Local n…

thehill.com

All in all, I salute 4ch. It's probably the biggest troll I've ever seen that made it mainstream. Basically, the emote has become the universal 'teabagging' of this generation. Sometimes I wish people making these decisions actually understood the sub cultures. Maybe that's why gaming is going down the pan.

 

[Xplainin]

Let's not forget that milk is also racist.

 

[Insane Metal]

WTF... this is beyond ridiculous.

 

[nkarafo]

They all fell for it as expected. IW’s just late to the party.

Amazing.

 

[The Bloody-Nine]

There's no need to be facetious, you cannot deny the seriously rampant racism present in that game, and I hope IW do more to combat it.

I can't tell if this is a joke or not.

 

[spandexmonkey]

Infinity Ward should do the right thing and fire all the developers/artists involved in creating that emote. In addition they should ban all the users who purchased it and notify their banks. It's the only way to be sure.

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brie...red-over-alleged-white-power-sign-says-he-was

 

[Lone Wolf]

Clearly a Half-White Suprematist

 

[carlosrox]

Getting silly now, I bet most people dont even realise it was even remotely used for racism by certain groups

So now you've just given it more power.....GG.

Precisely. I had no fucking clue.

Buncha morons.

 

[FearlessBelgian]

 

[TTOOLL]

Their audience will surely support this.

How many woke point are they getting with this one? We need a table for reference.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Wouldnt it just be easier to remove hands from the game, and feet.

Oh and words.

There, racism solved.

Next.

 

[God Enel]

We should start a NeoGAF petition to change thumbs up symbol to ok sign.

 

[MarkyG]

Fuck me. Legit thought this was a late April Fool's. What has this world become? We used this when we were kids. Absolute lunacy.

 

[sobaka770]

From my perspective this only gives more credence to White Supremacists who can claim it as a victory by appropriating a harmless sign and now validated by major studio caving to pressure.

It's creepy and sad. Now they can come for everything: how about finger-strumming guitar is a white power symbol next?

 

[Timberwolf25]

Wouldnt it just be easier to remove hands from the game, and feet.

Oh and words.

There, racism solved.

Next.

And guns too. I mean why does a shooting game even need to have guns?
Because you know that's the next thing they want to erase. /s

 

[It's Jeff]

Aw, shit. They infiltrated the NFL.

 

[Hawke502]

I think we need a new operation ok, but with something like a genre of games. Like "WRPGs are white supremacist"

 

[FreedomOfSpeech]

Here's my goto supremacy sign