With the "okay" hand sign deemed to have taken on associations with white supremacists, Nebraska officials moved to give Herbie Husker a "We're No. 1" gesture.

These symbols also include hand gestures, including the "OK" hand sign. It's such a known symbol of white supremacists that a recent D.C. United soccer trainer was fired for it.

“In 2017, the ‘okay’ hand gesture acquired a new and different significance thanks to a hoax by members of the website 4chan to falsely promote the gesture as a hate symbol, claiming that ...

The University of Nebraska updated the image of its mascot to avoid any connection with white supremacy, switching out the character’s OK hand gesture to a “No. 1” gesture. For nearly 50 ...