A planned walkout of Netflix employees garnered lots of media attention. It did not change the company’s stance on the Chappelle special. Summary Netflix employees walked out of work on Wednesday in protest of the streaming company’s support of Dave Chappelle’s latest comedy stand-up special. They claim Chappelle made transphobic jokes in the special and that Netflix’s response to their “pain” was insufficient, though one counter-protester argued that speech is not violence, despite what the protesters allege. The group organizing …
Tag: identity politics
In an online course as part of a corporate initiative for employees, Coca-Cola included a presentation that contained slides on how to “be less white.” Conservative blogs have picked up the story, but the mainstream media …