Netflix CEO doubles down on Dave Chappelle defense.
LOS ANGELES — Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos sent a lengthy missive to the entire company following the mounting controversy around a new original special from comicAfter addressing top leadership in a Friday memo, Sarandos sent an email on Monday to all staff, some of whom have increasingly expressed outrage over jokes about the"We know that a number of you have been left angry, disappointed and hurt by our decision to put Dave Chappelle's latest special on Netflix," Sarandos wrote...
"But film and TV have also been filled with stereotypes and misinformation about us for decades, leading to real world harm, especially for trans people and LGBTQ people of color. Ironically, the documentary 'Disclosure' on Netflix demonstrates this quite clearly." "What we object to is the harm that content like this does to the trans community and VERY specifically Black trans women. People who look like me aren't being killed. I'm a white woman," wrote out trans Netflix employee Terra Field in a now-viral Twitter thread last week.
Studies, including research from 2016 conducted by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Psychological Association, back up Sarandos' assertion specifically around the effects of screen violence, but the trans community has long been desperate to educate the masses over the shocking fatality rate it faces.
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