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Why Stephen King Is Right About Diversity In Art

Author Stephen King, known for being one of the godfathers of the horror genre of literature, found himself in the middle of a personal suspense thriller when the cancel-culture mob crawled up out of the sewers of Twitter and turned on him.

By Alex Clark3 min read
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After this year's Oscar nominations were released, and the annual #OscarsSoWhite hashtag started trending, King made the socially suicidal mistake of suggesting we judge films based on their artistic value, not just the skin color of the people involved - a sentiment as ground-breaking as florals for spring.