Mx. Who?
This author? No bother. The offensive book: publishers took. The cat still wears a hat.
Dr. Seuss
This animated film depicts middle-eastern people but is riddled with stereotypes and all voice actors are white people.
Aladdin
This School in Saskatchewan (which was the last of its kind) operated by the Canadian government, was closed in 1996.
A collective attempt at ruining the reputation and livelihood of an individual or organization in response to a problematic or harmful action or opinion.
cancelling
This former American President tweeted, "People who do really good stuff have flaws. People who you are fighting may love their kids and, you know, share certain things with you."
Barack Obama
My employee got injured? I am a billionaire? $60k surgery? Better start a GoFundMe for her.
Kylie Jenner
American neo-Nazis declared this brand "the official shoes of white people" in 2016 after an employee of the brand made donations to trump.
New Balance
An Act came into effect on 1 August 1834, abolishing this throughout the British Empire, including British North America. The Act made this officially illegal in every province in Canada.
Slavery
Withholding financial support from a company in order to force change within that company's policies or practices. Once demands have been met, support is resumed.
boycotting
"Cancel culture" came into the collective consciousness around the year ____, after the idea of "canceling" celebrities for problematic actions or statements became popular.
2017
I am a cartoon character who doesn't take "no" for an answer. Even when they scream and run. I stink.
Pepe Le Pew
This hashtag spread as late night talk show host Stephen Colbert was criticized for his racist impressions on The Colbert Report
#CancelColbert
This was an act passed in 1923 by the Parliament of Canada, banning most forms of Chinese immigration to Canada.
The Chinese Exclusion Act or the Chinese Immigration Act
Criticizing an individual or organization publicly, usually on social media.
calling out
Merriam-Webster, the American publisher of dictionaries and thesauruses, connected cancel culture with the #_____ movement
#MeToo
Police brutality against people of colour? Just crack open a good ol' can of Pepsi for the cops.
Kendall Jenner
The king of rap and clap backs is no stranger to cancel culture after he posted a homophobic slur in a tweet addressing industry rival Cassper Nyovest.
AKA
Capital punishment
Speaking to an individual privately about their perceived harmful or problematic actions or opinions.
calling in
One of the earliest uses of the term "Cancel Culture" was used by this person in February of 2014 to refer to the cancellations of a TV series. It only got 4 likes and retweets.
Myles McNutt
I used to be considered a music prodigy until I faced decades of sexual misconduct allegations. The remix to "ignition" is one of my best.
R. Kelly
In August of 2020, she tweeted out "Just because it's ghetto, doesn't mean it's not fabulous. Loving my #BantuKnots.
Minnie Dlamini Jones
In 1960, First Nations were now allowed to do this without giving up their treaty rights.
Voting
A procedure under Athenian democracy in which any citizen could be expelled from the city-state of Athens for ten years.
ostracism
This person tweeted: "It [cancel culture] is completely alien to our culture and our values, and it has absolutely no place in the United States of America,"
Donald Trump