CHID 496 B: Focus Groups

CANCEL CULTURE AND CONSPIRACY ___ THIS CLASS IS A LOW-STAKES DISCUSSION GROUP CLASS WHERE WE WIL BE INVESTIGATING THE CURIOUS PHENOMENON THAT IS CANCEL CULTURE, HOW IT EVOLVED, AND WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM IT. IN THIS CLASS, WE AR GOING TO EXAMINE CONTROVERSIAL STATEMENTS MADE BY CONTEMPORARY PUBLIC FIGURES SUCH AS KANYE WEST AND AZALIA BANKES. WE ALSO WILL TAK A LOOK AT THE CANCELATION OF HISTORICAL FIGURES LIKE CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, MOTHER TERESA, DR. SUSE, AND MORE. IN TRUE CHID NATURE, I WILL CHALLENGE STUDENTS TO THINK BEYOND THE BINARIES OF GOOD AND BAD TO HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND THE COMPLICATED WEBS OF CANCEL CULTURE. WE WILL ALSO TAKE A BROADER STUDY O CELEBRITY CULTURE AND DISCUSS CONSPIRACIES SUCH AS THE ILLUMINATE LIZARD PEOPLE, AND MORE.