What Is Cancel Culture | XPeer - Empowering Connections

Cancel culture refers to the practice of publicly shaming, rejecting, or ceasing to support individuals or entities perceived as problematic, often through social media calls for ostracism, boycotts, or termination. This phenomenon has been observed in various forms, including the removal of monuments, changes in school curricula, and the reevaluation of cultural icons. As a form of freedom of association, cancel culture has sparked intense debates about its impact on free speech, social justice, and personal responsibility. Cancel culture is closely related to [[call-out-culture|call-out culture]] and [[boycott|boycotts]], and has been influenced by the rise of social media platforms like [[twitter|Twitter]] and [[facebook|Facebook]]. The concept has been discussed by scholars like [[jordan-peterson|Jordan Peterson]] and [[ta-nehisi-coates|Ta-Nehisi Coates]].