The problem with cancel culture
“We talk so much about mental health and how important it is to remember mental health is as important as physical health, and then to discard people at the first sign of something we dislike; the two don’t marry very well to me”.
The wise woman in this video is Ayishat Akanbi. She is a fashion stylist, writer, cultural commentator and artist based in London and a true relief, an oasis in the desert of Wokeness, which turns more and more into a blend of the French Revolution and the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Akanbi stands for compassion, a readiness to forgive others and yourself, an effort to try and understand the other, a willingness to change your own views.
What a delight!
Here is a recent interview with her in The Guardian. “The problem with wokeness, she explains, is that social justice awareness can turn into “’oppression Olympics’.”
Word!
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