By Mariantonia Mejia / Contributing Writer Your favorite content creators have likely fallen prey to cancel culture. However, people of color, particularly black people, have been the largest demographic with lasting effects from a cancellation. Cancel culture is the process of the general public socially and/or professionally ostracizing a public figure for a perceived wrong. […]
Damielys Duarte/Assistant Opinion Director For centuries, the United States has grappled with the concept of freedom of expression, with more recent cases revolving around the verbal discrimination of minorities. While the government will not endorse hate speech, we cannot repress the undeniable right American citizens have to free speech, no matter how disagreeable or offensive […]
Elizabeth McCann/Staff Writer Cancel culture needs to be canceled. It seems Orwellian to me that nowadays that mob mentality can discard someone’s works and merits like they never existed, all because of questionable words, actions or behaviors from their past. I am not talking about rapists, murders or other people who repeatedly exploit the vulnerable. […]
Damielys Duarte/Assistant Opinion Director Joel Franco was a common name on South Florida social media feeds just a few weeks ago for his popular approach to tweeting local news. Today, he is on them for all the wrong reasons. Rape allegations against Franco arose after his arrest on May 31. Franco had been arrested during […]
