callout cultures

Noun

callout culture (countable and uncountable, plural callout cultures)

1. The practice, in social justice circles, of publicly criticizing people for violating accepted behavioural standards, with or without corrective intent.
   • While general “calling out” can be about anything at all, the callout culture addressed in this article relates specifically to social justice communities and admits to the tendency of some social justice activists to see calling out as "an end in itself."2015, Saryta Rodriguez, Until Every Animal is Free