Does anyone know what the symbol G with a circle around it means? Here's a story of racism for ya..

[jenmito]

My brother-in-law (who is black) was sitting in his car (a truck that he uses for work as a Fabricator) and a white guy came up to him out of HIS truck (a pick-up truck) and said something like, "Do you see this?" (shows him a tattoo on his arm of a capital G with a circle around it) and my BIL says, "Ohhh Kaaay..." Then the guy goes on to say, "You should be working on the back of a garbage truck! All you ni****s, you want change? You're gonna see change..."

My BIL didn't hear anything after that because he was in such shock. He wanted to get out of the car and fight the guy but the guy quickly walked away and went into a store. He thought better of going after him and left, going back to work. He had no bumper stickers on his car or anything. Does anyone have any idea what that symbol means? TIA!

[slackmaster]

1. Grammar Nazi

[AtomicKitten]

2. here ya go:

http://www.gordygrundy.com/CircleG.html

A BETTER-WORLD ORDER

Circle G is about inclusion, those things that we all share, and about identity, those things that make us unique. The Circle G creates a new order, providing a better way to divide us. Traditionally, humans have grouped together for racial, nationalistic or religious commonalities. Yet history has taught us that race, nationalism and religion also cause most of the world's problems. The Circle G offers a Better-World Order, twenty-six new categories with which to define us.

[slackmaster]

3. They sell circle-G temporary tattoos!

[AtomicKitten]

5. for the squeamish!!!

[slackmaster]

6. Based on what's written at the cited Web page, they don't sound like Nazis to me

I'm not sure what to make of it.

[AtomicKitten]

9. You're right (I edited). Maybe the racist was confused. nt

[jenmito]

8. Thanks, but now I'm confused even more. That sounds like a group that wants people of

all races to come TOGETHER. The guy sure wasn't talking like that.

[AtomicKitten]

10. I wonder if the racist was just confused. That would be funny if it wasn't so disgusting.

[jenmito]

11. Could you imagine if the guy was trying to tell my BIL that all races need to work together

and NOT be racists? I'm sure he wasn't saying that, but it WOULD be funny if he unknowingly has a "unity" tattoo which he's proudly displaying as a racist tattoo! I'm gonna have to call my sister back and tell her about it, thanks to your link. :hi: But I'm sure it will confuse her and my BIL even further.

[slackmaster]

12. He should have been saying "We should ALL get on the back of that garbage truck!"

It's a strange story indeed.

[jenmito]

17. Exactly...

maybe he was punked into getting the tattoo and he was TOLD it was racist.

[Voice for Peace]

4. don't know what it means but it sounds threatening. nt

[Tyrone Slothrop]

7. I've seen something similar

Some Masonic symbols feature a G inscribed in a circle. The "G" stands for Geometry. (My grandfather was a Mason, and I've seen this on some of his lodge's memorabilia and such.)

I doubt this has any connection to your story, but whenever I see a "G" by itself, I always think of all that old Mason stuff.

One edit: Yeah, after seeing the other stuff above, I'm pretty sure this guy's tattoo wasn't a Masonic thing...

[TNDemo]

13. What state was this in?

Please don't tell me it was in the south...

[jenmito]

16. NJ.

[Clio the Leo]

14. It means the man is very small...

... and I'm not referring to his height or his character.

[jenmito]

18. You mean...

his "Guyhood"? :D

[Clio the Leo]

19. pretty much NT

[brendan120678]

15. Hmmm...maybe he was...

a University of Georgia fan.