Chet Hanks' 2021 song 'White Boy Summer' used as white supremacist slogan

Published: Jul 03, 2024 Duration: 00:03:14 Category: News & Politics
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>>> FIRST RESPONDERS NOT RESPONDING, WE BREAK DOWN THE 911 BREAK DOWN. FIRST, TONIGHT, RECORDING BY THE SON OF A HOLLYWOOD STAR TURNED INTO A GLOBAL CALL TO ACTION FOR FAR RIGHT EXTREMIST GROUPS, ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT OUT TODAY. TALKING ABOUT CHET HANKS, THE SON OF TOM HANKS, THE SONG IS WHITE BOY SUMMER, CAME OUT A COUPLE YEARS AGO, 2021, AT THE TIME CRINGEY AND SOME PROFANITY AND SLURS, SINCE THEN, THAT PHRASE, WHITE BOY SUMMER, TURNED INTO A SLOGAN FOR WHITE SUPREMACIST AND OTHER HATE GROUPS, OPENING THE GLOBAL TRAGIC AGAINST HATE AND EXTREMISM. CHET HANKS POSTING THIS ON INCIDENT, THE WHITE BOY SUMMER, HE SAYS, WAS TRADED TO BE FUN AND PLAYFUL, ANYTHING ELSE IT WAS TWISTED INTO TO SUPPORT HATE OR BIGOTRY AGAINST ANY GROUP OF PEOPLE IS DEPLORABLE AND I CONDEMN IT. REHEMA ELLIS IS JOINING US NOW. HOW WOULD THIS HAPPEN, HOW DID WHITE BOY SUMMER AND UP CO OPTED BY WHITE SUPREMACIST AND OTHERS? >> Reporter: IT IS CATCHY FOR WHITE SUPREMACIST, JUST LIKE THE TERM, WHITE LIVES MATTER. AS YOU POINT OUT, THIS GROUP, THE GROUP CALLED, THE GLOBAL PROJECT AGAINST HATE AND EXTREMISM, FORMED BY MEMBERS OF SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER, THEY ARE ABOUT TRACKING WHAT IS GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY, AS FAR AS HATE AND ANTI-SEMITISM IS CONCERNED. THEY NOTICED THOUSANDS OF POSTS USING THE SLOGAN THAT APPEARED ON SOMETHING CALLED, THE TELEGRAPH APP THIS YEAR, ASSOCIATED WITH WHITE SUPREMACY. CHET HANKS, HEAP -- HE PUT OUT THAT POST TODAY, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT HE CONDEMNS. IN FACT, HE POINTS OUT THE FACT, THE END OF HIS MUSIC VIDEO, HE IS A SHIRT, I THINK WE HAVE A PICTURE OF HIM WEARING THE SHIRT, ON THE BACK OF THE SHIRT IT SAYS, STOP HATE, T-SHIRT. HE IS TRYING TO SAY CLEARLY THERE, HE IS NOT IN FAVOR OF WHAT WHITE SUPREMACIST ARE DOING WITH THE SLOGAN. >> IT IS NOT THE FIRST TIME SOMETHING NEVER INTENDED TO BE A FLAG FOR EXTREMES WAS CO OPTED, EXPLOITED AN IMAGE OR WHATEVER THAT WAS NOT INTENDED. >> Reporter: IT IS TRUE. THERE IS A PHRASE CALLED PEPE THE FROG, CARTOON CHARACTER WHITE SUPREMACIST LATCHED ONTO. THE CREATOR TOOK IT DOWN AND KILLED, IF YOU WILL, THE CHARACTER. THAT DID NOT STOP PEOPLE FROM CONTINUING TO USE IT. THERE IS ALSO HELP THE CROSS, THAT IS BEEN USED BY WHITE SUPREMACISTS. AT SOME MEASURE, THERE IS VERY LITTLE PEOPLE CAN DO TO STOP THIS, AS MUCH AS THEY TRY, IT SEEMS TO BE SPREADING. WHAT IS MORE DISTURBING TO SOME PEOPLE, IT IS MOVING INTO CONSERVATIVE EVENTS, EVEN LIKE THE BANNER YOU SHOWED WHERE SOMEONE WAS RAISING A FLAG THAT SAID, WHITE BOY SUMMER. THAT FLAG WAS PRESENTED AT A CONSERVATIVE RALLY IN DETROIT LAST MONTH. DONALD TRUMP WAS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THAT EVENT ALONG WITH SEVERAL MEMBERS OF, CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS

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