Conservative pundit mocks ‘cancel culture’ with tweets urging Yale to change name for slave trade link

Published June 21, 2020 7:33pm ET



The hashtag “CancelYale” began trending on Saturday following tweets calling on the Ivy League university to change its name due to its connection to slavery.

Conservative pundit Jesse Kelly mocked “cancel culture” by issuing a series of tweets Saturday, pointing out that Yale’s name was taken from Elihu Yale, a British merchant and slave trader who gave donations to the university, accompanied by “#CancelYale.”

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