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Let's reframe cancel culture | Sarah Jones
Oct 20, 2023
Sarah Jones, a Tony Award-winning performer and filmmaker, shares her humorous yet poignant insights on cancel culture. She highlights its complexities and the importance of empathy instead of punishment. By slipping into various characters, she illustrates the need for understanding and learning from mistakes. Jones emphasizes historical context and the unintended consequences of social movements, urging a shift toward grace and self-reflection for better societal dialogue.
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Quick takeaways
- Cancel culture is a historical phenomenon that allows marginalized voices to seek justice.
- Cancel culture's flaws include unjustly harming individuals and diverting attention from important conversations on equity and justice.
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Cancel culture as a historical experience
The speaker shares her personal experience with cancel culture, emphasizing that it is not new but has existed throughout history. She highlights how marginalized groups have often faced cancellation in various forms and asserts that the recent rise in cancel culture is a way for historically marginalized voices to seek justice. While acknowledging the need for accountability, she also critiques the effectiveness of cancel culture and its potential to harm even the people it intends to help.
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