Chet Hanks Disavows ‘White Boy Summer’ Meme After Times Article

White Boy Summer, the hasty and ignorant branding plan of Tom Hanks’ son Chet imitates patoishas finally returned to the charge. As hard as it may be to believe, a T-shirt that says “White Boy Summer” in Old English is very popular among neo-Nazis, who are not only interested in a White Boy Summer, but also in a fall, a winter, and a spring. After the growing popularity of the White Boy Summer, or WBS, in national and international white supremacist movements, The New York Times weighed on the subject, which means Chet likely received a series of angry phone calls and text messages from “Pops.”

Following the report of the TimesChet decried the adoption of his movement, again, called “White Boy Summer,” which at least hints at the idea of ​​having “white pride” and could very easily be misinterpreted as a racist dog whistle. Pinned to the top of his Instagram The profile is a note from the young Mr. Hanks, decrying how these groups have “distorted” what was supposed to be a “fun, playful celebration of white boys loving beautiful queens of all races.”

“Any other form of hate propaganda or bigotry against a group of people is deplorable and I condemn it,” the White Boy Summer founder wrote. “I hope we can all love one another and treat one another with kindness and dignity.”

This is probably the type of statement Tom Hanks asks his son to make after THE New York Times published an article titled “How Tom Hanks’ Son Spawned a Hateful Online Meme.” The American dad probably doesn’t want to be associated with Turning Point USA, whose members were seen waving “White Boy Summer” flags at a recent event. Unfortunately for the two-time Oscar-winning star of Forrest Gump And The Polar Expresshis son now has a page on the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism The site shows members of the Proud Boys group writing the phrase “White Boy Summer” in response to the killing of George Floyd. The report also shows that neo-Nazis around the world, including in Canada, the United Kingdom and the German far-right political party Die Heimat, have adopted the phrase.

Hanks founded the “White Boy Summer” movement several years ago, based on a “feeling” this summer 2021 was going to be a white boy summerIt has nothing to do with “NASCAR-type white Trump,” Hanks explains, but rather a way to honor the very cool white boys Jon B., Jack Harlow, and himself. Still, Hanks told his followers to “take it as they will,” which meant “racism” to the racist contingent of White Boy Summer attendees.

As with much of what young Hanks touches, WBS has become a meme, which he has used to create a line of merchandise and a music video for the song “White Boy Summer” to promote that merchandise and the lesser-talked-about “Black Queen Summer” apparel. The video ends with Hanks showing off the back of his WBS t-shirt, which says “Stop Hate.” We’re no experts on extremism or baby nepo, but we don’t think it worked.