National Post – “Cancel culture” is pandemic today, but the virus was already in patchy play 30 years ago.
In 1991, Toronto journalist and social activist June Callwood was charged with racist behaviour by a Black staff member of Nellie’s women’s shelter, one of 50 social organizations Callwood helped establish in her lifetime. The staffer accused Callwood of being “a woman of privilege who was unwilling to share power.” Callwood challenged her, then was shocked when her fellow board…
