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circles, a ghost skin (short for 'ghost

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') is a white supremacist who refrains from openly displaying their racist beliefs for the purpose of blending into wider society and surreptitiously furthering their agenda. The term has been used in particular to refer to the

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of racist activists in law enforcement. The term "hiding your power levels", originating from the anime ''

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'', is alternatively used by the

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to reflect a similar concept.

History of the term

In an FBI Intelligence Assessment from 2006, the

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provided an overview of white supremacist infiltration of law enforcement and mentions that use of the term came to the agency's attention in late 2004. In 2001, two law enforcement officers in

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, were fired after it was discovered that they were members of the

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. According to the Oregon

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website, explicitly cited by the 2006 FBI report, "Ghost Skins don't shave their heads, wear boots, braces or anything else that can visually identify them as Nazis.

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strive to blend into society to be unreconizable 'sic''by the

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gladly act politically correct.

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use the weapon of deception to deny the enemy intelligence they could use against

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" On September 29, 2020,

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, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, released an unredacted version of an FBI report called '' White Supremacist Infiltration of Law Enforcement''.

History of the term

See also

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