Cancel culture insanity – Children’s book society cancels its own “inclusion officer” over backlash about harmless post

(Natural News) The emerging cancel culture has found its way into the world’s leading children’s book writers’ group. Cancel culture or call-out culture is a modern form of exclusion in which someone is thrust out of social or professional circles – whether online, on social media or in person.

Facing a backlash from the Palestinian and Muslim communities, the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) was forced to cancel one of its own. April Powers, chief equity and inclusion officer at SCBWI, tendered her resignation after failing to mention Islamophobia in a post about rising cases of antisemitism.

Powers, who introduced herself as being Black and Jewish in a welcome video last year, shared a statement that said Jewish people have the right to live in safety. Her post, shared earlier in June, reflected the alarming surge in anti-Jewish hate speech and violence this year.