Ernest Owens presenting The Case for Cancel Culture

3601 Walnut Street,Philadelphia PA 19104

23 February, 2023

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Ernest Owens, Penn Alumnus, award-winning journalist, CEO of Ernest Media Empire, LLC, Editor at Large for Philadelphia Magazine, and President of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists discussing The Case for Cancel Culture: How this Democratic Tool Liberates All of Us This cultural critique offers a fresh progressive lens in favor of cancel culture as a tool for activism and change. Using examples from politics, pop culture, and his own personal experience, Owens helps readers reflect on and learn the long history of canceling (spoiler: the Boston Tea Party was cancel culture); how the left and right uniquely equip it as part of their political toolkits; how intersections of society wield it for justice; and ultimately how it levels the playing field for the everyday person’s voice to matter. In a world where protest and free speech are being challenged by the most powerful institutions, those without power deserve to understand the nuance and importance of this democratic tool available to them. Readers will walk away from this first-of-its-kind exploration not despising cancel culture but embracing it as a form of democratic expression that’s always been leading the charge in liberating us all.