It's unclear as of now if these two incidents are related. What is the 'OK' hand sign? The “discriminatory hand gesture” Whitney was fired for was the okay hand signal, according to NPR.

The latest symbol to develop a bad reputation is the okay hand gesture, one of 36 new entries being added to the Anti-Defamation League's online database of extremist symbols. It was appropriated ...

In 2017, the “okay” hand gesture acquired a new and different significance thanks to a hoax by members of the website 4chan to falsely promote the gesture as a hate symbol, claiming that the ...

With the "okay" hand sign deemed to have taken on associations with white supremacists, Nebraska officials moved to give Herbie Husker a "We're No. 1" gesture.