Football Club Fires Trainer for Doing “A-OK” Symbol

by Chris Black

Remember, this was just a joke.

From like 8 years ago.

People thought it would be funny to start calling the “A-OK” hand gesture a hate symbol.

It’s not clear if diving instructors have stopped using it.

BBC:

An athletic trainer for DC United, the MLS football club in Washington DC, has been fired for making a gesture that is considered by some to be a hate symbol.

The decision comes after the discovery of the “discriminatory hand gesture” in a post published on social media on Thursday, the team said in a statement.

The team did not identify the trainer.

The “A-OK” symbol is ancient. Probably, it existed before recorded history to symbolize that something is “A-OK.”