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Cancel Culture Database

Cancel Culture Database

IncidentSchool NameDateTargetConfederate?Protested/Canceled?
NC State broadcaster suspended indefinitely for saying ‘illegal aliens’ during broadcastNorth Carolina State University01/02/2023MiscellaneousNoCanceled
West Point begins removing Confederate symbols, including Robert E. Lee portrait, from campus displayU.S. Military Academy at West Point12/27/2022PaintingYesCanceled
University removes art history professor for showing class two ancient Prophet Muhammad depictionsHamline University12/27/2022Professor CommentsNoCanceled
U. of Kentucky to remove mural depicting slaves following unrelated racial incidentUniversity of Kentucky12/19/2022PaintingYesCanceled
Thin blue line flag banned from charity event after Villanova students protestVillanova University12/12/2022PoliceNoCanceled
UMaine bans Christmas decorations in the name of diversityUniversity of Maine12/11/2022MiscellaneousNoCanceled
Cleveland State cancels Justice John Marshall from law school nameCleveland State University12/05/2022Buildings/NamesYesCanceled
Painting of old white men smoking cigars taken down after female scholar complainsLeiden University11/17/2022PaintingNoCanceled
University changes ‘Thanksgiving Closure’ to ‘Fall Break’ over inclusion concernsUniversity of Alaska Southeast11/17/2022Buildings/NamesNoCanceled
Catholic Gonzaga prohibits pro-life event with Liz WheelerGonzaga University11/16/2022Student EventNoCanceled
Ann Coulter speech shut down after repeated disruptions, outburstsCornell University11/09/2022Guest SpeakerNoCanceled
Sports reporter ousted after ‘ni**a’ tweets from her teenage years surfaceUniversity of Tennessee Knoxville11/01/2022Student CommentsNoCanceled
Conservative Turning Point USA students’ ‘MAGA Hulk’ event canceled as large brawl eruptsUniversity of California Davis10/27/2022Student GroupsNoCanceled
As protest turns chaotic, Penn State abruptly cancels ‘Uncensored America’ event featuring Gavin McInnesPennsylvania State University10/25/2022Guest SpeakerNoCanceled
Conservative YAF students’ anti-Marxism display shut downUniversity of Illinois Chicago10/16/2022Student GroupsNoCanceled
Chemistry professor fired for tough teachingNew York University10/14/2022CurriculumNoCanceled
Professor put on leave for attending 2017 Charlottesville rallyFurman University10/08/2022Professor CommentsYesCanceled
University cancels black playwright’s play about civil rights movement because it uses n-wordTexas Wesleyan University10/03/2022TheaterNoCanceled
Professor Michael Stoil removed from class after using ‘n-word’ in educational contextGeorge Washington University10/02/2022Professor CommentsNoCanceled
Princeton used Title IX to block student reporter from covering anti-Israel protestsPrinceton University09/29/2022IsraelNoCanceled
Air Force Academy tells cadets to use ‘gender-neutral language,’ avoid ‘Mom and Dad’Air Force Academy09/26/2022Student CommentsNoCanceled
Law school removes T.C. Williams from name, citing slave ownershipUniversity of Richmond09/25/2022Buildings/NamesYesCanceled
Left-wing rioters shut down conservative pundit Tomi Lahren's talkUniversity of New Mexico09/17/2022Guest SpeakerNoCanceled
University cancels intramural ice hockey after ‘equity audit’Mount Royal University09/12/2022Student GroupsNoCanceled
Students kicked out of sex abuse survivors group over their Jewish identitySUNY New Paltz09/09/2022IsraelNoCanceled
‘Penntrification’ protesters shut down convocation speech to demand low-income housingUniversity of Pennsylvania09/01/2022Student EventNoCanceled
Student protesters, citing ‘constant oppressions,’ shut down back-to-school convocationMarquette University08/28/2022Student EventNoCanceled
Black Christian denied student government role after quoting BibleUniversity of Houston08/22/2022Student CommentsNoCanceled
Article bragging on grad who defended Johnny Depp deleted for causing 'strong negative emotions'City University of New York08/05/2022MiscellaneousNoCanceled
Following cancel campaign, Justice Clarence Thomas will not teach at GWUGeorge Washington University08/01/2022MiscellaneousNoCanceled
Canadian immunology professor suspended for asking questions about child COVID vaccinesUniversité Laval Québec07/08/2022Professor CommentsNoCanceled
Cornell library removes Gettysburg Address, Lincoln bustCornell University06/28/2022MiscellaneousNoCanceled
Penn law school to remove name of Roger Taney, former chief justice of Supreme Court, from buildingUniversity of Pennsylvania06/22/2022Buildings/NamesNoCanceled
Conservative Christian student sues university for silencing herSouthern Illinois University-Edwardsville06/16/2022Student CommentsNoCanceled
George Washington University dumps ‘Colonials’ nicknameGeorge Washington University06/15/2022MascotsNoCanceled
Drake University denies Turning Point USA club for third time in six yearsDrake University06/01/2022Student GroupsNoCanceled
Turning Point USA conservative student group loses club status after pro-life Instagram postsUniversity of Mount Union05/27/2022Student GroupsNoCanceled
Princeton fires tenured Professor Joshua Katz, who criticized black terrorismPrinceton University05/24/2022Professor CommentsNoCanceled
MIT, NYU cancels scientist David Sabatini over consensual relationship with peer: reportvarious05/23/2022MiscellaneousNoCanceled
University drops sonnets because they are ‘products of white western culture’University of Salford05/18/2022MiscellaneousNoCanceled
Cal State Fullerton axes thin blue line symbol after professor complainsCal State Fullerton05/18/2022PoliceNoCanceled
To promote ‘diversity,’ schools remove word ‘women’ from clinic namesvarious05/12/2022Buildings/NamesNoCanceled
To decolonize curriculum, UK university swaps Jane Austen for Toni MorrisonStirling University05/10/2022CurriculumNoCanceled
Catholic university denies College Republicans' request to host conservative Michael KnowlesUniversity of St. Thomas05/06/2022Student EventNoCanceled
Emory removes name of Supreme Court justice from 1800s because he owned slavesEmory University05/06/2022Buildings/NamesYesCanceled
Columbia University scrubs its connections to Republican Dr. OzColumbia University05/05/2022MiscellaneousNoCanceled
Police escort YAF conservative speaker Elisha Krauss off campus while leftists protestSaint Louis University05/04/2022Guest SpeakerNoCanceled
College tells professors: Instead of ‘women,’ say ‘people with uteruses/people who menstruate’Wheaton College Massachusetts04/29/2022CurriculumNoCanceled
Harvard disinvites feminist philosopher Devin Buckley for opposing transgender ideologyHarvard University04/25/2022Guest SpeakerNoCanceled
Student newspaper editors remove op-ed denouncing antisemitism from websiteUniversity of Chicago04/21/2022IsraelNoCanceled
Texas student government leaders booted for social media commentsUniversity of Texas Arlington04/20/2022Student CommentsNoCanceled
Complaints prompt publisher to pull book by white Professor Jennifer Buck about black feminismAzusa Pacific University04/15/2022BookNoCanceled
BLM protesters grab mic, chase down student, disrupt and shut down YAF Allen West eventUniversity at Buffalo04/07/2022Guest SpeakerNoCanceled
College removes name of white supremacist from buildingMeredith College04/06/2022Buildings/NamesYesCanceled
UNC Med School social justice update still teaches that organs aren’t gender-specificUniversity of North Carolina Chapel Hill04/04/2022CurriculumNoCanceled
Black professor banned from in-person teaching after calling cops on two tardy black studentsGeorgia State University04/01/2022MiscellaneousNoCanceled
Princeton cancels Jewish-American artists exhibit due to links to the ConfederacyPrinceton University03/29/2022PaintingYesCanceled
Student newspaper deletes article because it included too many quotes from white studentsVassar College03/28/2022Student CommentsNoCanceled
William Peace University removes statue of namesake because he owned slavesWilliam Peace University03/24/2022StatueYesCanceled
Student newspaper refuses to publish pro-free speech op-edUniversity of Tennessee Knoxville03/21/2022Student CommentsNoCanceled
University of Richmond changes names of six campus buildings linked to slavery, racismUniversity of Richmond03/18/2022Buildings/NamesYesCanceled
Columbia doc suspended for calling black woman beautiful, students still want him firedColumbia University03/15/2022Professor CommentsNoCanceled
University cancels black, Christian scholar. She’s not leaving without a fight.Christopher Newport University03/14/2022Professor CommentsNoCanceled
Top female scientist canceled over 13-year-old ‘Michael Jackson’ Halloween costumeUniversity of Washington03/07/2022MiscellaneousNoCanceled
Obama Homeland chief, accused of ‘violence on marginalized peoples,’ withdraws as grad speakerVassar College03/05/2022Guest SpeakerNoCanceled
Student loses government position for going on Fox NewsUniversity of Texas Austin03/04/2022Student CommentsNoCanceled
Marquette honors Native Americans by removing Native American from school sealMarquette University03/03/2022SignsNoCanceled
Aggressive activists shut down campus event critical of child gender transitionsUniversity of North Texas03/03/2022Guest SpeakerNoCanceled
Professor Gregory Schulz suspended after he criticized 'woke dysphoria'Concordia College03/01/2022Professor CommentsNoCanceled
Hostile law students shout down constitutional law scholar who criticized affirmative actionUC Hastings College of the Law03/01/2022Guest SpeakerNoCanceled
Christian college cancels speaker who told students to avoid sexual immoralityGordon College02/28/2022Guest SpeakerNoCanceled
Rice removes statue of slaveholding school founder from main campus quadRice University02/22/2022StatueYesCanceled
UChicago columnist fired after challenging fellow columnist to debate mask mandatesUniversity of Chicago02/21/2022Student CommentsNoCanceled
NC State removes ‘Dixie’ from its alma materNorth Carolina State University02/20/2022MusicYesCanceled
Emerson College cancels Turning Point USA after months of investigation and censureEmerson College02/17/2022Student GroupsNoCanceled
Student newspaper deletes op-ed critical of biological men in women's sportsUniversity of Pennsylvania02/10/2022Student CommentsNoCanceled
'Bluebonnet Lady of Texas’ axed from dorm name due to Daughters of Confederacy linkTexas State University02/02/2022Buildings/NamesYesCanceled
Scholar Ilya Shapiro suspended for tweet against Biden’s ‘affirmative action’ Supreme Court nomination processGeorgetown University02/01/2022Professor CommentsNoCanceled
Princeton renames seminary after black seminarians complain about namesake’s ties to slaveryPrinceton University02/01/2022Buildings/NamesNoCanceled
Professor steps down after quoting N-word while discussing Rockwell paintingGeorge Washington University02/01/2022Professor CommentsNoCanceled
Conservative student forced to transfer to new school due to being bullied, harassedAmerican University01/30/2022Student CommentsNoCanceled
Dartmouth shut down my campus event featuring Andy Ngo — then blamed me for itDartmouth College01/25/2022Student EventNoCanceled
URI revokes honorary degree given to Gen. Michael FlynnUniversity of Rhode Island01/22/2022Honorary DegreesNoCanceled
URI revokes honorary degree given to Rudy GiulianiUniversity of Rhode Island01/22/2022Honorary DegreesNoCanceled
ASU cancels fundraiser with Republican congressmenArizona State University01/19/2022Guest SpeakerNoCanceled
Emory law journal nixes article deemed ‘insensitive’Emory University01/12/2022Professor CommentsNoCanceled
Cecil Rhodes professorship canceled by King’s College over imperialism concernsKing’s College London01/11/2022MiscellaneousNoCanceled
Tenured Professor Frances Widdowson fired after ‘questioning wokeism'Mount Royal University01/06/2022Professor CommentsNoCanceled
To avoid offending students, university edits classic Greek poemUniversity of Reading01/04/2022CurriculumNoCanceled
Yale replaces stone carving described as depicting ‘colonial violence’Yale University12/31/2021MiscellaneousNoCanceled
Illinois university moves to strike name Stephen Douglas from dormEastern Illinois University12/24/2021Buildings/NamesNoCanceled
In dead of night, Hong Kong University whisks away Tiananmen Square memorialHong Kong University12/22/2021StatueNoCanceled
Illinois State football coach fired for taking down Black Lives Matter poster, lawsuit allegesIllinois State University12/20/2021MiscellaneousNoCanceled
Western Washington University to strike T.H. Huxley’s name from environmental collegeWestern Washington University12/16/2021Buildings/NamesNoCanceled
College won’t rehire instructor who said she is ‘sick of talking about Black Lives Matter’Buffalo State College12/15/2021Professor CommentsNoCanceled
Professor Randy Rapp removes term 'Wuhan virus’ from syllabus amid student backlashPurdue University12/10/2021Professor CommentsNoCanceled
Indiana University renames Jordan Avenue due to former campus President Jordan's advocacy for eugenicsIndiana University12/06/2021Buildings/NamesNoCanceled
Gonzaga removes photo of white student dressed as Native American from public galleryGonzaga University12/06/2021PaintingNoCanceled
Pro-Israel student group vetoed by Duke University student government presidentDuke University11/17/2021IsraelNoCanceled
California’s oldest law school to scrub founder’s name over ties to Native American killingsUC Hastings College of the Law11/10/2021Buildings/NamesNoCanceled
IncidentSchool NameDateTargetConfederate?Protested/Canceled?