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Sun Nov 17, 2019, 12:07 AM Nov 2019

White Nationalists Try To Claim Aloha Spirit As Their Own

A radio program promoted by longtime Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke has rebranded itself “The Morning Aloha Report” and credited Tulsi Gabbard for the inspiration.

Formerly called “Stormfront Radio,” listeners of the white nationalist show were informed of the name change on Thursday by program host Patrick Slattery.

Quoting from Wikipedia, Slattery explained that aloha is defined as “love, affection, peace, compassion and mercy” and commonly used as a “simple greeting.”

But aloha, he added, “has a much deeper cultural and spiritual significance to Native Hawaiians.”

Read more: https://www.civilbeat.org/2019/11/white-nationalists-try-to-claim-aloha-spirit-as-their-own/

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