Cancel Culture Tag

U. Georgia Marching Band Will No Longer Play Signature ‘Gone With the Wind’ Song

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 21, 2020 5 Comments

"Though the tradition has been under discussion for months within the band, the current social climate has highlighted the urgency of addressing it"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVHIBL2wqyI

All is Fair in Woke and War: Shouldn’t Yale U Change Its Name Since Namesake Was Slave Trader? #CancelYale

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on June 20, 2020 49 Comments

If you needed any further confirmation that the radical left has lost its damned mind, look no further than the Twitter hashtag #CancelYale. This inspired piece of trolling mocks the left's determination to destroy statues and anything else—up to and including our nation's foundation, the Constitution—that they deem "racist."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WuLr-s1_i8

Dreyer’s Changing the Name of Eskimo Pies, Altering Marketing Scheme

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 19, 2020 97 Comments

Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream has decided to change the name and marketing scheme of its Eskimo Pies:

“We are committed to being a part of the solution on racial equality, and recognize the term is derogatory,” the company’s head of marketing said in a statement.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyjWf0Y5nhc

B&G Foods Reviewing Cream of Wheat Packaging to Not ‘Inadvertently Contribute to Systemic Racism’

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 19, 2020 41 Comments

Aunt Jemima. Uncle Ben's. Now Cream of Wheat. B&G Foods stated the company will begin an immediate review of its Cream of Wheat packaging since it features a smiling black chef.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELglD7XbNwU

Mars Inc. Will ‘Evolve Uncle Ben’s Brand and Visual Identity’ to Help End ‘Racial Injustices’

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 18, 2020 103 Comments

Mars Inc. decided to "evolve" it's Uncle Ben's rice brand after Quaker Oats announced changes to Aunt Jemima:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TvE-PpbzPM

Quaker Oats Renaming Aunt Jemima Brand Since the ‘Origins are Based on a Racial Stereotype’

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 17, 2020 64 Comments

Quaker Oats, a subsidiary of PepsiCo, decided to change the name and image of its popular brand Aunt Jemima. The company said that "Aunt Jemima's origins are based on a racial stereotype."

Petition Calls for Suspension of College Republicans at Elon U. Over Alleged Insensitive Comments

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 15, 2020 13 Comments

"disgusting, racist, dispicable, vile, hurtful, wrong, and should not ever be the values that exist within any club at the university"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB8uWYvXTIY&t=36s

French Minister Slams Move to Cancel ‘Gone With the Wind’ Screening in Paris Theater

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on June 14, 2020 25 Comments

French Culture Minister Franck Riester has criticized Warner Bros.' decision to cancel the screening of Gone With The Wind at the landmark Grand Rex theater in Paris. Calling the move by the U.S. movie distributor "incomprehensible," Riester promised to "defend the freedom to create and distribute works of art."

Cancel Culture on Steroids Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 13, 2020 0 Comments

Your weekly report on campus news....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ7r2OVu1ss

No HBO Max? Consumers Push Gone With the Wind to the top Spot on Amazon Prime

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 12, 2020 57 Comments

I use my Apple TV when I work out and noticed Gone With the Wind at the top of the home menu. A quick Google search told me what I suspected. HBO Max temporarily pulled Gone With the Wind so consumers went to Amazon and Apple.

There’s an effort to get me fired at Cornell for criticizing the Black Lives Matter Movement

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 11, 2020 330 Comments

There is an effort underway to get me fired at Cornell Law School, where I've worked since November 2007, or if not fired, at least denounced publicly by the school. Ever since I started Legal Insurrection in October 2008, it's been an awkward relationship given the overwhelmingly liberal faculty and atmosphere. Living as a conservative on a liberal campus is like being the mouse waiting for the cat to pounce.

Tucker Carlson Rips Left-Wing ‘Rage Mobs’ After BLM Cancel Culturalists Add Him to the Growing List

Posted by Stacey Matthews on June 10, 2020 20 Comments

That Democrats will not hesitate to try and "cancel" people who have the audacity to disagree with them is not a new development. But the pace at which it is happening in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd should seriously alarm anyone who truly values diversity of thought and the free exchange of ideas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUFPRi0FQl8

Online Mob Now Targeting ‘Paw Patrol’

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on June 10, 2020 22 Comments

This is peak idiocracy, or at least I'd like to think it is.

UCLA Prof Living Under Police Protection for Refusing to Exempt Black Students From Exams

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 10, 2020 50 Comments

Professor Gordon Klein teaches accounting at UCLA's Anderson School of Business. He recently refused to exempt black students from final exams over the death of George Floyd. Students allegedly threatened to kill him. He is now under investigation and living under police protection.

HBO Max Temporarily Removes Gone With the Wind After Complaints it ‘Glorifies the Antebellum South’

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 10, 2020 63 Comments

The death of George Floyd has really put everyone on edge lately with people demanding the removal of insensitive content and statues. HBO removed Gone With the Wind from its streaming service HBO Max after 12 Years a Slave screenwriter John Ridley claimed it "glorifies the antebellum south."

Ivanka Trump Dropped as Commencement Speaker for Wichita State University

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 08, 2020 2 Comments

“Our nation’s campuses should be bastions of free speech. Cancel culture and viewpoint discrimination are antithetical to academia”...

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