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How American Colleges Gave Birth to Cancel Culture
How American Colleges Gave Birth to Cancel Culture
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A new book shows how universities first embraced a system of social punishment that now pervades our everyday lives.
By Rikki Schlott and Greg Lukianoff
11.07.23 — Education
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How American Colleges Gave Birth to Cancel Culture

Over the past few years, people have been targeted in real life and on social media for having “incorrect” views, and some have even been fired from their jobs for “wrongthink.” While many Americans define this as “cancel culture,” many on the left deny its very existence, insisting it’s a right-wing fantasy. Now, a new book, The Canceling of the Americ…

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Rikki Schlott
Author of "The Canceling of the American Mind" New York Post Columnist Resident Zoomer
Greg Lukianoff
President & CEO of FIRE, co-author of The Coddling of the American Mind w/ Jon Haidt & The Canceling of the American Mind w/ Rikki Schlott
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