"Despite initially denying that it would do so, the U.S. Coast Guard has changed its workplace harassment policies to downgrade swastikas and nooses - symbols which threaten violence against Jewish people, Black people, and their allies - from "overt hate symbols" to "potentially divisive" ones. When The Washington Post first reported this changing policy on November 20, the Department of Homeland Security (which oversees the Coast Guard) called the report "fake news.""
"Hours after the Post 's report, the Coast Guard's acting commandant Adm. Kevin Lunday issued a memo denouncing the symbols and saying that they both remain prohibited. However, the Coast Guard put the new policy into effect on Monday despite its initial claims. The change comes as numerous instances of antisemitism in the Republican Party. The Trump administration has offered no explanation for the changed policy, though its Department of Defense has backtracked a Biden-era policy removing the names of pro-slavery Confederate generals from military bases."
The U.S. Coast Guard reclassified swastikas and nooses in workplace harassment policy from "overt hate symbols" to "potentially divisive" while asserting prohibitions remain in place. The Department of Homeland Security initially dismissed reporting on the change as "fake news." Acting commandant Adm. Kevin Lunday issued a memo denouncing the symbols and reiterating prohibition. The Coast Guard implemented the new policy despite earlier denials. The change coincides with reported instances of antisemitism within the Republican Party and follows administration-level rollbacks, including cuts to units tracking racially motivated violent extremism and a Department of Defense reversal on removing Confederate-named base designations.
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