FIFA discrimination monitor calls for removal of World Cup video official over hand gesture
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Associated Press, Graham Dunbar
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Summary
FIFA's discrimination monitor at the World Cup has called for the removal of video review official Shaun Evans from Australia after he appeared to make an "OK" hand gesture resembling a white supremacist symbol during a broadcast of Germany's opening game against Curaçao. The incident occurred when the broadcast showed video review analysts working in Dallas, with Evans making the gesture in front of his right leg. The gesture, involving thumb and forefinger touching in a circle, has been associated with white supremacist symbolism since 2019.
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When the official broadcast of Germany's opening game against Curaçao on Sunday cut pre-game to show the team of video review analysts, Shaun Evans from Australia made an 'OK' symbol with his right hand in front of his right leg.
In 2019, the gesture — with thumb and forefinger touched in a circle and other fingers extended — was added to a database of hate symbols by the Anti-Defamation League.
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