You're cancelled!

BY GISELLE LOMELI News Editor

Cancel culture is well known in the media industry although there are mixed emotions about it there are a lot of pros.

According to scmp.com rapper DaBaby was canceled at the 2021 Rolling Loud Festival for making homophobic remarks during the show. This caused other festivals in the United States to remove him from their line-ups. Singer Dua Lipa removed DaBaby’s credit from her song Levitating as a way to show that she did not support his statement.

This is an example of how serious cancel culture is and how much celebrities do not want to be involved in it. Cancel culture holds celebrities accountable for their wrong doings in order to make sure they don’t make the same mistakes.

According to TMZ Rolling Loud is supporting DaBaby as a changed man that has learned and grown from his experience with a 2022 tour. This takes away from the idea that cancel cancel culture is not forgiving.

Cancel culture gives a voice to those of less power for example, abuse survivors have come forward to expose their abuser without having to feel ashamed of being judged for it. According to eyrieonline.org an example of this is the #MeTooMovement that went viral in 2017. This allowed victims to have a voice and feel like they weren’t alone all while holding abusers accountable for their actions.

According to onourmoon.com cancel culture demands social change and focuses on addressing inequalities.

Political writer Amanda Marcotte said that when we are unable to rely on the justice system we turn to cancel culture. When the system doesn’t punish a criminal or someone who expressed sexist or racial behaviors the people turn to cancel culture.

Cancel culture does not only hold people accountable but companies as well. #BoycottDolceAndGabbana was a way to boycott against the luxury brand for its racist comments towards the Chinese community. Some celebrities showed support which cost the brand $2 million in just a few days.

According to therazoronline.com

Chick-fil-A’s CEO Dan Cathy has a history as a donor to anti-LGBTQ organizations. This caused millions of people to boycott outside of Chickfil-A restaurants. According to CNN business the company promised to only collaborate with organizations that improve education, homelessness, and exhibition that the public was able to view.

Pierce could make posts on its Instagram to promote the event. This will give students time to prepare their supplies of chalk, gloves, paper bags and painters tape. To seal the art, hairspray can be used to preserve the art for an extended time.

Eastern New Mexico University held its event for six hours. They recommended

BY JAYNA KUKLIN Copy Editor/Reporter

The world has been taught one important rule in today’s society—The Golden Rule.

“Do unto others as you would have them do to you.”

Unfortunately, cancel culture has become more relevant in society. No one is safe, as it even targets people who do not deserve it.

There are many problems that come with cancel culture, but the biggest students create four feet by four feet art, which allows space for everyone. is ‘cancel culture’—driving people from their jobs, shaming dissenters and demanding total submission from anyone who disagrees.”

The daylong event can be held on a Sunday. This will allow students to decide when they want to participate, and it gives them time to think of what they want to design.

Each work will be judged on creativity, but the most important part is that students can enjoy the festival.

There is a difference between holding someone accountable for their actions or disagreeing with the choices they have made and canceling someone because you do not agree with their choices or views.

For example, Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards ceremony on March 27, 2022. Many people condemned his actions, while some praised him.

Last Friday, the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences decided that Smith would not be allowed to go to the Oscars for the next 10 years.

Would you consider a 10-year ban from participating in the Oscars the appropriate call to action for one slap, or would you consider it to be uncalled for?

Cancel culture is something where there are consequences that come with it.

A blog reviewed by Jessica Schrader for Psychology Today explained a darker side of cancel culture with this statement, “Cancel culture is undeniably toxic when it involves criminal threats, invasion of privacy (doxxing), or driving a person to suicide.”

If this statement doesn’t scare you, then recall this situation and see if it does: Television presenter Caroline Flack died of suicide on Feb. 15, 2020, after learning she would be prosecuted for assaulting her boyfriend as well as going under fire for the poor decisions she made.

Pierce's Athletic department has struggled. With the best record in the last three years being the 2021-22 women's soccer team, having a record of 11-5-4. The struggle has been so real that the football team was barely able to field a roster for most games and had to forfeit 3 because of it.

This struggle has led to a downturn in students wanting to compete, which in turn makes it more difficult to dictate funding for these programs.

The question is how to turn the current trend around and provide options for both students and faculty to hunger, including Junior Achievement USA, Covenant House International, and local banks. Although there are mixed emotions about cancel culture, it holds people and companies accountable for their actions. It creates necessary social change that can make a positive impact. glomeli.roundupnews@gmail.com improve these situations. Some restorations have even started, with the baseball field being renovated over the course of this school year.

One great way to increase the awareness of the programs would be to reintroduce alumni games back into the school calendar.

There has only been one Alumni game in Pierce’s history. In 2019 the Women’s Soccer Program placed against past players in a friendly yet competitive game, leading to the question, why not more?

With each game, the tickets sold could bring funds to continue to improve the programs, with the money problem is that it promotes intolerance in democratic societies that leads to a person being systematically excluded from a group, just because they happen to disagree with someone else’s views.

In a pro-con article for Britannica Pro-Con.org, former President of the United States Donald Trump stated in a speech on July 4, 2020, “One of (the left’s) political weapons going to renovating facilities, helping faculty and boosting morale. As with any positive change, it brings a sense of hope to those involved. jkuklin.roundupnews@gmail.com

Evidence can be seen by the Boston Bruins hockey team of the National Hockey League (NHL) which, by using alumni games from the franchise has been able to hold events each year, raising approximately $100,000 annually for underprivileged children's foundations.

The games would also bring graduates back to campus to compete and reinvigorate their love of Pierce, bringing more support back to campus, in addition to possibly creating more donors to the school.

This is how bad cancel culture can affect a person’s life. Not only can it cause the victim to lose their entire career, but their life could potentially be destroyed because of it.

You can disagree with someone else’s opinion and views as much as you wish, but please stop bringing cancel culture into every situation where it’s unnecessary or not needed.

A possible game could be to bring back baseball players as Pierce has two Alumni that have made a name for themselves in MLB, with Coco

Crisp and Barry Zito having been household names at one time or another.

Another game could be to bring out Mark Harmon or another football Alumni to coach a game against current students, roster size permitting.

All these factors don’t only bring eyes to the teams, but they also create a situation where every event brings new eyes to the sport. Bringing more athletes into the Pierce community to compete for Brahma pride will improve the Athletics department.