The Pros And Cons Of Cancel Culture

In the book Asian American Media Activism: Fighting for Cultural Citizenship, Lori Kido Lopez offers a fresh perspective and understanding of what media activism portrays ad entails. Lori places her research in modern perspective looking at different forms of media, including the underexplored fields of policy, advertising, and highly popularized social media platforms such as YouTube and Twitter. Lopez argues although media activism has apparent goals "to recast a role, to demand an apology from producers, to hire an Asian American consultant or director, to produce more images of Asian Americans”, the critical part that is not brought forth is the connection between these achievements and the ultimate goal of cultural citizenship for Asian Americans. She defines cultural citizenship as Lori Lopez begins her book by referring to two specific shows The Mindy Project and Fresh Off the Boat, and she introduces one of the biggest dilemmas throughout her book. The idea in

Tiffany Foster Professor Dunn Comp 101 10 December 2014 Stand Up Although hurtful and demeaning, prejudiced slurs of all varieties have always transpired throughout society. Everyone has been offended by a bigoted remark at some point in time, but few people truly know how to respond to those insults in an effective manner. In the essay, “Don’t Just Stand There,” Diane Cole relates discriminatory offenses to her real-life experience as she tells a story of when a co-worker told her a joke with a very offensive punch line.

Due the human nature, the pursuits of liberty, justice, and happiness have always been major concerns of humans throughout the history regardless of the way individuals connected and organized. Before phones or emails were even invented, the underprivileged individuals or groups congregated through “close ties”. In the recent years, individuals with “weak ties” adopt a different approach on similar activism with the help of various social media. Although these events are meant for similar intentions, their different communication methods induce an enormous distinction on their impacts, says Malcolm Gladwell in “Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted”. He depicts that the movements by people bonding with “strong-ties”(Gladwell 405) tend to impact the society with substantial advancement through “high-risk activism”.

Face-to-face contact was the most important aspect to building a strong grassroots following for The Civil Rights Movement. Nowadays, political activism manifests itself online and, if lucky, is addressed by politicians. Turkle mentions, “Technology makes it easy to communicate when we wish and to disengage at will” (274). Turkle references motivation and how people are uncommitted to communications with others. Being able to disengage at will allows people to do whatever they want.

He argues that banning the N-word would be unfair and discriminatory because it would only target one particular word used by one particular group. Instead, he suggested that all offensive language should be banned, reflecting the view that justice should be based on individual circumstances and relationships rather than abstract principles. Overall, Baldwin’s argument against the proposed ban on the N-word reflects a personalistic ideology that emphasizes individual experience, personal relationships, and individualized justice. While his argument was criticized by some as misguided or insensitive, it highlights the importance of understanding and engaging with diverse perspectives and experiences in discussions about race and discrimination in sports and society at

Comedy has become a part of a vast majority of television shows, especially satirical comedy, rising to the top with shows such as: The Daily Show, Chappelle’s Show and Saturday Night Live to name a few. These satirical comedies have had a vast and continuing impact on the discourse in today’s society. By examining “Black White Supremacy,” by Dave Chappelle and “Conservative Libertarian,” by Jon Steward, through their use of satire, we can see that skits such as these have a lasting impact on society by creating discourse on the objects being mocked. “A Black White Supremacist,” by Dave Chappelle highlights the absurdity of racism by parodying members of white supremacy groups such as the KKK. Whereas, Chappelle is addressing a social justice

Malcolm Gladwell’s article, “Small Change” describes the structural differences between social media and traditional activist movements. But is this structural difference enough to call this shift in activism revolutionary? Throughout the entire article, Gladwell emphasizes the word that the students who joined the sit-ins across the South during the winter of 1960 describes the movement as a ‘fever’” (Gladwell). This term is important in unpacking whether or not the structural differences really were revolutionary.

Americans tend to turn to culture wars when they feel a deep anger and frustration about the state of affairs. An example of Americans caught in a culture war was during the Monica Lewinsky affair or as Fiorina puts it, “The year of angry white males”(2) where in the year 2000 Americans were more angry than ever before. A culture was is when a large number of people from a certain demographic oppose and loathe their

My class read Huck Finn replacing the n word with the word “slave” — so no black students would be offended or hurt in any way. But more important then that is warning students of the books racist ideas and words, in order for students to understand the intention of Mark Twain’s satires of racism in America. Parents and students argue that the books frequent use of the n word is embarrassing and divisive at any grade level, and children should be protected from what the word represents. Alienating black students shouldn’t be done in a classroom, so replacing the n word with the word “slave” is a healthy

In schools we are educated and are taught about different cultures and ways in which we can avoid racial discrimination or cultural appropriation. When fans exert this kind of behavior they highlight issues that

One key analysis will be in the relationship between students of different races and ethnicities and the extent of the effect that the movement had on these students. The different levels of effect that the movement may have had on the student’s lives is not something that is studied often. This proposed research aims to fill that lack of understanding by studying these students within their own environment. With this research, we hope to create a new discussion on how powerful social media activism is when it is reaching a larger

In their essay, “The Coddling of the American Mind”, Greg Lukianoff and Jonathon Haidt express their concern about this movement. They point out how there has been a previous movement similar to this one in that they both seek to restrict speech and broaden diverse-prospective. However, they conclude that, “The current movement is largely about emotional well-being.” and, “…it presumes and extraordinary fragility of the collegiate psyche…” (4). Due to this oversensitivity of college students, some popular comedians have even stopped performing on college campuses.

Rather than fixing such issues, cancel culture only serves to reinforce them by deflecting and ensuring that no meaningful contributions or progress are

The audience of The New yorker are middle class citizens with upper class ambitions. Based on this intended audience of this article and the rhetorical strategies used this article is mostly effective in persuading the audience because the audience is assumed to be educated and ambitious. To sway his audience the Author uses rhetorical strategies like Allusion, anecdotes, and assertion. He also uses rhetorical appeals like ethos and pathos to convey his opinion on social media as an activist

Starr Carter, the protagonist of Angie Thomas’s young adult novel, The Hate U Give, epitomizes the subversion of cultural racial oppression through the development of an identity that encompasses multiple consciousnesses. As an African American teenage girl raised in a middle-class family attending a high school with primarily White upper-class students, Starr finds the need to prove her belongingness to both communities in Garden Heights and at Williamson Prep. Unlike her White upper-class counterparts at Williamson and African American middle-to-low-class counterparts in Garden Heights, Starr’s identity is multifaceted. She must act and interact with her peers with respect to her location, in other words, utilize double consciousness. However,