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1. TOPIC

- Every Little Girl Wants to Be a Princess, Right?

2. INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH

- Beauty pageants have become a staple in American culture. Winners of

pageants such as Miss America are icons, representations of the ideal woman,
and positive role models for young girls. So, society says.

3. THESIS STATEMENT

- They are child beauty queens.

4. BODY PARAGRAPHS

The world of child beauty pageants has become a source of fascination, as well as
contention, in our society. Networks such as TLC and WE TV have produced hit reality shows
featuring the munchkin-sized divas because it sells, but one cannot help but wonder, how can
parading children about on stage like show ponies be a positive thing?

The truth is it is not. Beauty pageants are not a healthy activity for children because they
force young girls to act like little adults, exhibit age-inappropriate sexuality, and have negative
body image and mental health problems later in their lives.
5. CONCLUSION
- Children are the future of society, and even those who do not have children should
be concerned about the direction of the culture they have to live in. Just because child
beauty pageants are socially acceptable does not mean they should be. Our culture
needs to eliminate child beauty pageants, at least in their current form.

Assessment
Cancel culture is a modern form of ostracism in which
someone is thrust out of social or professional circles – whether it be
online, on social media, or in person. Those who are subject to this
ostracism are said to have been "cancelled"
Over the last year a popular new term has quickly gained
traction on social media: cancel culture. This phrase describes the
practice of withdrawing support from celebrities, influencers, content
creators or even companies in response to an action that is widely
seen as offensive or immoral. In theory, this online ostracism seems
beneficial, as it gives the people power to hold public figures
accountable for immoral actions or other things that law enforcement
has no say in. However, many instances have demonstrated that this
power can be easily abused, resulting in the “canceling” going too far
or people getting unnecessary amounts of hate. Cancel culture has
repeatedly shown that it can be destructive, intolerant and overly
hurtful, therefore it is clearly not healthy for our society.
A big flaw of cancel culture is that people on the internet are
very quick to “cancel” someone, which creates a very toxic
environment for celebrities, influencers and other public figures. In
this judgemental online world, a single mistake can practically end
someone’s online career. For example, 17 year old TikTok
influencer Nessa Barrett was “canceled” after she posted a video of
her dancing to a recording of someone reciting a verse from the
Qur’an, a sacred Islamic text. She publicly apologized several times,
saying that she wasn’t aware of the gravity of the audio and didn’t
mean any harm, but the damage to her name had already been done.
While the occupational aspects of this social ostracism may not be
permanent as in Nessa’s case, the social repercussions from getting
“canceled” usually leaves a stain on people’s reputations. It’s not fair
to make influential figures live in fear of mainstream social media
suddenly turning on them for ultimately trivial reasons, or the lasting
ramifications it could have. Furthermore, the majority of people are
so quick to judge that they won’t try to find context for seemingly
condemning clips or screenshots of public figures before denouncing
them. For instance, someone might see an old offensive tweet from
one of their favorite celebrities and decide not to support them
anymore, without looking to see if there was any clarification for the
tweet or if the person apologized for it. This even allows faked
screenshots or clips to gain traction online. While the forged images
are hardly ever career-ending, it’s still ridiculous that people have
such little confidence in influential individuals that they’re willing to
condemn them for a single action without context. Good people make
mistakes. We shouldn’t be judging them based on isolated incidents,
but rather on who they have demonstrated that they are as a person.
Only if someone has shown that they are truly a threat to society
should we “cancel” them.
Additionally, because people are getting de-platformed for
controversial opinions, people in creative fields are feeling like they
have to censor their work as well for fear of being “canceled” too.
The main argument in favor of cancel culture is that it gives power to
the average person on social media, allowing them to hold public
figures accountable for harmful or offensive actions. I agree that
consequences are important, but “canceling” people is not the way to
enforce them. In the words of President Obama, “That's not activism.
That’s not bringing about change.” There is a difference between
holding people accountable and completely shunning them. For the
majority of cases we should simply bring attention to a harmful
action so the person doesn’t do it again, and encourage them to
apologize and do better next time. If they refuse, then It may be
appropriate to take a stronger approach such as putting them on
temporary hiatus. However, bringing the person’s reputation and
possibly the outcome of their career into the debate by threatening to
“cancel” them is usually not necessary. Additionally, the negative
effects of cancel culture outweigh the good done by de-platforming
truly bad people. The power of “canceling” somebody is often
misdirected or abused, easily overstepping the boundaries of common
decency. As discussed above it also restricts growth and learning,
instead preferring intolerance.
Finally, cancel culture simply goes too far, frequently serving
out retribution unequal to the wrongs that are committed. Most
commonly, this results in excessive amounts of negativity being sent
to people, to the point where the criticism starts to turn into outright
bullying. Sometimes, it can go even farther. Notably, former Disney
star Skai Jackson used to use her Twitter platform to expose racists
(usually minors) with the intent of holding them accountable for their
behavior. She would post things like their names, schools and
employers, encouraging her followers to take action against them.
While their racists acts were inexcusably hurtful, prompting an
audience of hundreds of thousands of people to go harass them is a
little unreasonable. On one occasion, this doxxing even allegedly led
to the person being expelled from their highschool and their parents
getting fired from their jobs; however Jackson denied this was true³.
None of the people she exposed had any real influence, so it was
unnecessary to bring this into the public eye. It would have been
adequate to make a single phone call to the schools, parents, or
employers of these people so they could appropriately deal with this
behavior. Making an example of them by publicly persecuting them
only promotes spreading more hate. This is only one example of how
this practice of ostracism can be too extreme. People on the internet
have a tendency to say things that they would never say to
somebody’s face, so Because it is so easy to overstep social
boundaries online, this backlash endorsed by cancel culture is
ultimately too harsh and absolute for most situations.
To summarize, this practice of “canceling” people is inherently
bad. It promotes intolerance, stifling the work of many in creative
fields, and overruling people with contrary opinions. Many
important important individuals from all different careers,
backgrounds and political identities have come out against it,
encouraging people not to rush to judgement. Yes, it’s important that
people’s actions have consequences, but that doesn't always have to
mean intense criticism or permanent denunciation. Cancel culture
categorizes people as all “good” or all “bad,” but in reality humans
are much more complicated. Controversies are messy, and grouping
offenses of all different severities under the same umbrella term
“canceled” isn’t fair to the people involved. The original concept that
truly terrible people should be deplatformed may have been well
intentioned, but it’s grown into a whole different idea that commonly
focuses more on sending hate to people instead of holding them
accountable. Simply stated, cancel culture puts more negativity into
the world than it removes.

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