Norman Mailer Wasn’t Canceled

David Klion argues that the The White Negro “deserves to be studied and situated in its context rather than censored for its antiquated racial language.” He reminds those proponents of cancel culture that Mailer “captured something urgent about [his] time, challenged an older generation’s conventional wisdom, and cultivated a younger readership hungry for something vital and relevant.”

Norman Mailer Wasn’t Canceled

What’s most striking about the Mailer contretemps is how it embodies so many aspects of the current discourse around cancel culture and free speech.

The NationDavid Klion