Cancel culture: Is there a better way to address misbehavior?

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Cancel culture: Is there a better way to address misbehavior?

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The term “cancel culture” is fairly new, but it’s not a new concept.

Reset talks with a professor about the history of “cancelling” people, why cancel culture is so prevalent in American society today, and why it may need to change.

GUEST: Eileen Favorite, author and professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Chicago