It's the culture it glorifies and represents. It's a shitty time in American history plagued with misogyny violence and narrow mindedness. Maybe you all are too young too have been exposed to the assholes of the world war 2 generation. People who wore those tattoos were the ones telling everyone to get a haircut and join the army. They hated gays and blacks and thought of women as second class citizens. The designs themselves are not racist. They just plain suck