What is Cancel Culture?

Cancel Culture is a broad concept. It does not have an exact definition but it can be several ideas. According to Professor Anne H. Charity Hudley, an expert on African American culture and linguistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, cancel culture can be broken down into distinct ideas.

It is a boycott and a form of silencing somebody. It is a boycott because it is the withdrawal of support for an individual or a group. It is a form of silencing somebody because it restricts a person to speak.