Danzig is at present enjoying a handful of West Coast exhibits and for no matter motive, his merch line is kinda racist.
Quite a few Danzig followers have identified Danzig‘s use of the Sonnenrad – or Sunwheel, or Black Solar – on t-shirts and posters obtainable at his exhibits. To cite the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) in regards to the image, it is “considered one of quite a few historical European symbols appropriated by the Nazis of their try to invent an idealized ‘Aryan/Norse’ heritage.”
And yeah I do know, the Sunwheel pre-dates the Nazis and was appropriated for a shitty use. However it’s the identical factor as sporting a swastika and attempting to say it is really an historical spiritual image – everyone knows what you are attempting to do right here.
Danzig hasn’t commented on the problem but, and possibly he did not know? Who is aware of who permitted this, however nonetheless – it isn’t precisely a great look, and apparently the acute proper wing racists are already welcoming him as considered one of their very own. So if Danzig really did not imply this, he would possibly wanna get on commenting in regards to the state of affairs like… now. And if he really did imply it, then that is a complete separate article with some very stronly worded language.
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