culture has been used as a blunt force object to describe all kinds of things, things that i would call basic accountability and human decency. there is nothing wrong with looking inward, wanting to be a sensitive and inclusive society and ask if we re speaking about these issues in the correct way. but of course on the far right when you re a hammer everything looks like a nail and i think they re using cancel culture to scare you out of having a conversation about accountability. however, i do think if you re someone who looks at the lin-manuel miranda story, and the only reason you probably know him is because he has amplified the voices of black and brown america in such wonderful ways, you are con founded by the fact that he is sort of in it right now. maybe i might look at this story and say i want to know more about why. i want to know why the afro-latino community is upset with him. the others might say, the hell