In 1987, Al Campanis, a vice president of the L.A. Dodgers, appeared on
Nightline and made some deeply offensive remarks about why there weren t more black managers in baseball.
AL CAMPANIS: No, I don t believe it is prejudices. I truly believe that they may not some of the necessities.
KOPPEL: Two days later, he was fired. We might say he was canceled.
(…)
KOPPEL: Cancel culture, as it is called these days, is a social weapon that has served the outrage of both the left
SUNNY HOSTIN: When you cross that kind of societal norm, you must pay the consequence.
Ted Koppel Exposes Danger of Cancel Culture: Social Weapon for Political Warfare
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Cancel culture, a new wedge issue
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