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by Jessica Yu ![]() If you’ve been active on social media recently, you’ve probably witnessed or read about a celebrity getting “called out”, meaning they have been publicly accused of saying or doing something racist, sexist, ableist, or offensive. Following the call out of an individual, many users on social media harass, insult, and make judgements on that individual based off their one offensive action. Even after the individual has made an apology, oftentimes, the public has already shunned that person, and their impression of them has been tainted forever. Of course, letting celebrities, who are influential and have a wide audience, know that their actions are offensive is important. The purpose of calling someone out is to allow them to recognize their mistakes, and learn from it. However, the reality of call out culture is that everyone jumps on the bandwagon to hate on the called out individual, making unnecessary and negative comments. We were taught as children to “learn from your mistakes”, but now we are too afraid to make mistakes in fear of being shunned. An alternative to calling out is “calling in”, where a private conversation about an individual's actions takes place instead of a public call out, which minimizes harassment. With celebrities this is hard to do since reaching out to them is difficult, and usually they only respond when criticism towards them becomes popular. Instead of finding an alternative to calling out, we as a society should work towards reducing the stigma of making mistakes, and accept that people can change.
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