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US Coast Guard has downgraded swastika From symbols of hate Its new workplace harassment policy has been described as “potentially divisive”, according to a report.
According to, the new policy came into effect from Monday Washington PostCiting a memorandum sent by the Coast Guard Congress Earlier this week.
Independent The Coast Guard has requested comment from and Department of Homeland Security,
Post It was previously reported that the changes to the new harassment policy would include Swastika’s Classification, but the Trump administration rejected the claim as “false”.
However, within hours of that reporting, Coast Guard Admiral Kevin Lunde Issued a memo on 20 November Condemning symbols like swastika and noose, it stressed that both of them will remain banned for Coast Guard personnel.
Lundy also said his decision would supersede any other language on the matter, suggesting a potential disparity between the actual on-paper harassment policy in the Coast Guard and the admiral’s orders.
The Coast Guard said at the time, “This is not an updated policy, but a new policy to address any misinformation and prohibit these symbols from being used by the U.S. Coast Guard.”
Previous Coast Guard policy on hate symbols included the following statement:
The following is a non-exhaustive list of symbols whose display, presentation, creation, or depiction could potentially constitute a hate incident: a noose, a swastika, supremacist symbols, Confederate symbols or flags, and anti-Semitic symbols. The display of these types of symbols constitutes a potential hate incident because hate-based groups have co-opted or adopted them as symbols of supremacy, racial or religious intolerance, or other prejudice. Symbols can be presented as images, on any type of material or clothing, as words or numbers, and in any combination. Other conduct or speech, including highly charged epithets, profanity, or other comments that do not involve any symbols, may also constitute potential hate incidents.
At the time of the initial report, Democratic Senator Jackie Rosen said the policy change “rolls back vital protections against bigotry and could allow horrific hate symbols such as swastikas and nooses to be displayed unnecessarily.”
chairman donald trump He installed Lunde as Commandant of the Coast Guard after firing Admiral Linda Fagan, whom he claimed was focused on “non-mission critical” DEI initiatives.
Lunde has not been confirmed at the time of this report. His confirmation hearing will take place later this week.
The swastika has been downgraded from a “hate symbol” to “potentially divisive” just days after at least 15 people were shot dead at Hanukkah celebrations in Australia, and it comes at a time when anti-Semitism is on the rise globally.
“At a time when anti-Semitism is on the rise in the United States and around the world, relaxing policies aimed at fighting hate crimes not only sends the wrong message to the men and women of our Coast Guard, it puts their safety at risk,” Rosen said of the change after the report first came out in November.
Deborah Lipstadt, a historian who was President Joe Biden’s special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism, called the change “appalling.”
“What’s really troubling is that, at this time, when the Nazis are being exterminated among some on the far right, and Churchill is being portrayed as the devil incarnate when it comes to World War II, it’s hard to take the swastika and call it ‘potentially divisive,’” she said.
He said the swastika represents the ideology that “hundreds of thousands of Americans fought and gave their lives to defeat.”