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On Racism and America..I answered a question....someone answered and said "we all know what '88' stands for."

That floors me ..my screen name means I am all the way fan of Dale Earnhardt Junior whose # is 88. What does 88 stand for as far as racism is concerned?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Did a quick wiki check....

    [edit] As a Neo-Nazi symbol

    Eighty-eight is used as code among white supremacists to identify each other. H is the 8th letter of the alphabet, so 88 is taken to stand for HH which in turn means Heil Hitler. [2] For example, the number is used in the song "88 rock`n`roll band" by the neo-Nazi group Landser.14 is used similarly, referring to the so-called "Fourteen Words", often found in combination with 88 (1488, 14/88, etc.). This form of the number has inspired the naming of the groups Column 88, Unit 88 and White Legion 88.

    WIKI is your friend..... I always check the wiki first lol...

    eh thats crazy stuff..... like everyone keeps up on neo-nazzi symbolizum......

    hell the only thing i know about neo-nazzi's is... well... they don't like anything thats not white.... thats about it..... and oh I don't like them.... yah.... why would I need to know more..... I don't whant to have anything to do with them!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    The following document explaines seriously that there is no scientifically reliable way to characterize the human variety with the rigid terms of "RACE" or „RACES“ or with the traditional "RACE" concept. There is no scientific reason to use the term "RACE" further. It wouldn’t be scientifically and politically correct.

    „The advance of medical sciences in the past century has made it possible to refute the ideas that had been used to rationalize racism, for it is now agreed within the scientific community that phenotypic differences do not constitute significant differences between human beings and it is consequently INCORRECT TO SPEAK OF RACES ...“ (UNESCO 2002)

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Nazi skinhead code for Heil Hitler. H being the 8th letter of the alphabet, therefore HH=88

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    whoever answers your question obviously has a lot of knowledge about racial slurs

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