[peteypao]

I am so sick of cancel culture. Roost did not deserve this.

[aaomidi]

Please get some context on why she was "cancelled".

https://twitter.com/amywestervelt/status/1316923479011303424

[kelnos]

After reading those four email screenshots, my conclusions are:

1. Roost should probably do a better job in the future figuring out who she's trying to send her work to.

2. Sojwal's reaction was way out of proportion to any slight or offense, real or otherwise.

3. Roost's further reaction was foolish and condescending; taking Sojwal to task for her response was never going to be well received.

4. Sojwal's further escalation was ridiculous; equating "sending an essay that doesn't meet the submission requirements" with "racism" is just bonkers.

Beyond that, Roost should have just left well enough alone; it likely could have ended with that email exchange. Whining about the interaction on Facebook and threatening to report Twitter posts would have been a bad look even if she had been completely in the right.

I don't think Sojwal looks great here, but Roost had plenty of opportunities to put down her shovel and climb out of the hole she'd dug for herself, but instead chose to keep digging.

It's just disappointing that public discourse around race has devolved so far that this sort of thing happens at all. The excesses of cancel culture are a symptom, not the cause.

[foogazi]

See it in the context of a job application

What are the race/age/gender expectations of the hiring manager?

Would an applicant ever have to apologize for applying to the wrong job or having the wrong qualifications?

[cinbun8]

I read through the whole thing and came to the same conclusions. Your comment summarises the situation well.