Is ‘hashtag activism’ doing enough to stop bad speech about minority communities and affect social change?
![Asian-American activists launched #CancelColbert in response to an offensive tweet posted by The Colbert Report's Twitter account, write the authors [AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/201442410565782734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Asma Uddin is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of altMuslimah.com and a First Amendment lawyer at a DC-based non-profit law firm. She is also a Legal Fellow at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding.
Is ‘hashtag activism’ doing enough to stop bad speech about minority communities and affect social change?
![Asian-American activists launched #CancelColbert in response to an offensive tweet posted by The Colbert Report's Twitter account, write the authors [AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/201442410565782734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)