US EditionNoem says Coast Guard will remove divisive language on hate symbols from policy
The Coast Guard reversed language describing swastikas and nooses as "potentially divisive" after lawmakers blocked a top nomination, reaffirming a zero-tolerance hate symbol policy.
- On Thursday, Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced the U.S. Coast Guard removed language describing swastikas and nooses as potentially divisive, ending the contested phrasing.
- Last month, The Washington Post reported the draft policy would downgrade hate symbols to potentially divisive, which the Coast Guard wanted to change but was unable to do, according to two people.
- DHS responded that there 'was never a "downgrade"' in policy, and Coast Guard social media statements reaffirm it 'maintains a zero-tolerance policy' toward hate symbols.
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Lawmakers force Coast Guard to maintain ban on swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
After pressure from Capitol Hill — including a blockade by Democratic senators of the confirmation of the Coast Guard commandant — the Coast Guard struck from its disciplinary policies language describing swastikas and nooses as “potentially divisive,” rather than as explicitly banned hate symbols. The Washington Post initially reported that the language around displays of such symbols would be changed last month, prompting bipartisan outrage fr…
U.S. Coast Guard policy change regarding swastikas, nooses draws concern
Members of Richmond’s Jewish community are raising concerns after the U.S. Coast Guard implemented a new workplace harassment policy that reclassifies symbols like swastikas and nooses as "potentially divisive," rather than explicitly labeling them as hate symbols.
Coast Guard does abruptly reverses course on hate symbols after widespread backlash
The U.S. Coast Guard has — for a second time — done an about-face on a policy about the display of hate symbols in response to public outrage.The Washington Post reported Thursday that a previous Coast Guard policy that downgraded symbols like nooses and swastikas to being "potentially divisive," rather than being regarded as overt symbols of affiliation with racist ideologies. Acting Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Kevin Lunday confirmed that the n…
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