TNMU #171: Confronting Cancel Culture with Alon Auguste (Part 2)

Aug 13, 2021

Cancel culture is a topic that is front and center for us today. It deserves to be addressed but not necessarily in the way you would expect. A familiar voice and good friend of TNMU, Alon Auguste, joins us again to do what he always does—speak into current culture with a timely and timeless message. It’s almost a guarantee that you haven’t engaged with this topic in the way Alon does. Which is why the rest of this conversation should be required listening. 

Music Credit: "Funkorama" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Expanded Notes:

• Cancel culture is not new; People have been “cancelling” others for millennia
• Forgiveness, asking and giving, is part of counteracting the cancel culture
• When you’ve been cancelled, navigating through that requires
• • A bigger view of your identity (you are more than your circles)
  • Self reflection and owning your mistakes
  • Challenge and question and press the ability and permission to disagree
• Recognize that social media or electronic platforms are not ideal for dialogue
• Choosing a better way requires greater strength and power
• We get to choose whose voice we listen to
• Justice requires love and love requires justice
• We have a moment to make an impact by showing a different way