bionic 50,111 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 ORLANDO, Fla. – Two families are suing Universal Orlando after separate incidents during which an actor playing the “Despicable Me” movie character Gru made a racist hand gesture while posing for photos and video with biracial children. The civil rights lawsuit was filed on behalf of two girls, who were 5 and 6 years old at the time of the photos, in the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court in Orange County on June 23. The complaint lists Universal Orlando as the defendant. The “OK” hand gesture has been defined as a sign used to indicate “hate” by the American Anti-Defamation League. The lawsuit listed several high-profile hate crimes during which the suspects displaced the hand gesture, including the riots at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. A spokesperson for Universal confirmed in October 2019 the actor was fired but did not disclose the name of the employee. https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2021/07/09/families-sue-universal-orlando-after-actor-made-white-power-ok-gesture-posing-with-girls/ Gesture enclosed... Trigger warning... Spoiler TW Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionic 50,111 Posted July 14, 2021 Author Share Posted July 14, 2021 Usually I wouldn't post stories like this but I was surprised to learn that the OK symbol being a hate crime had turned from an Internet joke to a real life issue Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballerios 569 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 TF .. yall are reaching to hard now .. God why can we live a normal life Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Tookie 10,546 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 117,271 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 You meant to say this >>> 👌 <<< is a racist gesture?!! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ᶠʳᵒⁿᵗ ᵗᵒʷᵃʳᵈ ᵉⁿᵉᵐʸ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 THAT's racist?????? lmaaaaaaaooooooo isn't that just the **** and balls hand gesture? that's what it was when I was a kid. if you looked at it when someone had it below their waist, they called you gay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Bitch 10,513 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 I’m going to start using that hand gesture now just to spite lunatics like that. I swear we live in a clown world (oops that’s supposedly also a white supremacist term. Sue me) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostitute Barbie 4,083 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 They’re obviously just after the coin because this is the most stupid thing I’ve seen since that woman who tried to sue Amazon for taking a movie down Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBeast 1,580 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 As someone who works for this exact company, we get sued for the stupidest stuff. To be honest, it will likely get tossed out as Universal has quite a powerful legal team. You can't hide who you are, 11:59. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meruk Holland 2,359 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 To people who are unaware, the gesture is specifically a white supremacist symbol, because it makes the letters W and P for White Power. The trend began from one of the -chan sites in an effort to be able to identify other racists or publicly support racism directly in front of others. And it also works as a smoke screen, because if anyone accuses these people of being racist, then they will just say its the OK gesture. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRCF29 8,230 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 STOP GIVING PEOPLE LIKE THIS ATTENTION Spoiler said as I comment on the post, giving them attention but seriously the best way for this nonsense to burn itself out is for us to ignore it Don't Call Me Gaga Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRCF29 8,230 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 2 minutes ago, Meruk Holland said: To people who are unaware... it makes the letters W and P... Gonna start using this gesture to talk about W*rning P*ints Don't Call Me Gaga Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madam Margolyes 7,783 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 So 👌 went from a satan symbol to a racist symbol now?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill 31,812 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 40 minutes ago, RAMROD said: You meant to say this >>> 👌 <<< is a racist gesture?!! Racist people appropriate the most wholesome of things. This is not a surprise. And I'm not being ironic. 4chan started it I think. Former First Lady of the United States. Now card-carrying member of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 117,271 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 4 minutes ago, JRCF29 said: Gonna start using this gesture to talk about W*rning P*ints Mods are coming for that 👌 (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ᶠʳᵒⁿᵗ ᵗᵒʷᵃʳᵈ ᵉⁿᵉᵐʸ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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