That was my folly, Edmund, said Queen Susan,of which I cry you mercy. Suvorov looked at the red liquin in his glass and scowled. The smoke from Suvorov's cigarette hung heavily in the air of the dining room as he and Lugovoy shared a bottle of 1966 Croft Vintage Port. Posts including the phrase “Take back the summer” perpetuated the idea that white people have lost something that must be reclaimed.This isn't politeness, McNeil thought. The national movement against police brutality and calls for racial justice were perceived by white supremacists as further proof that the United States’ system and society were stacked against white people. In some cases, “White Boy Summer” 2021 is presented in direct opposition to the social justice protests observed in the summer of 2020. Online users have also used “White Boy Summer” as a reaction to real world events that are perceived as anti-white or that do not further white supremacist ideals. ” Some have summarily rejected it, not on principle, but based on a Qanon-esque conspiracy that the Deep State cabal, including Chet Hanks’ father Tom, is actually using “White Boy Summer” to manipulate the population into a race war in which Jews will triumph.įraming Real World Events in the Context of White Boy Summer Not all white supremacists have fully embraced of the concept of “White Boy Summer. This wasn’t necessarily to further any single ideological agenda but aimed at disrupting public discourse and stirring debate online, particularly on the left. These tactics have been used to fuel reactions in mainstream media and distort the meaning of the phrase “White Boy Summer.” In April 2021, a Telegram user proposed adopting a brand popular amongst liberals (who the user referred to as “libtards”) as the “preferred brand of White Boy Summer enjoyers,” in order to “make a media storm around it.” The user referenced the Proud Boys adoption of Fred Perry polo shirts as inspiration.
This typically involves bigoted humor and sarcasm mixed with subtle extremist elements. This imagery includes references to “Siege culture” as inspired by neo-Nazi James Mason, the sonnenrad and an SS bolt.Įxtremists are promoting “White Boy Summer” online using “shitposting,” a term that originated in online forums that refers to trolling-frequently using memes-in order to evoke a reaction. This image includes various symbols of accelerationist ideology - a subset of white supremacists who believe the collapse of society is imminent and necessary.
It should be noted that non-extremists also continue to use the phrase, but in largely non-hateful contexts. The phrase “White Boy Summer” or WBS, now in evidence on Telegram, Discord, 4Chan, Gab, Parler, and Twitter, shows extremists using a popular cultural trend to infiltrate mainstream conversations and disguise their racist beliefs as irony or jest.
This is not the first time white supremacists have co-opted an innocuous slogan by layering on exclusionary messaging and using it as a call for action. And while “White Boy Summer” was not initially intended to be hateful, white supremacists have adopted the slogan and leveraged it for their own purposes.
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In March 2021, Chet Hanks, son of actor Tom Hanks, published a series of social media posts critiquing white men’s attire and behavior, culminating a month later with the release of his song, “White Boy Summer.” A play on Megan Thee Stallion’s 2019 hit song, “Hot Girl Summer,” “White Boy Summer” has taken the internet and meme culture by storm.
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