Netflix is denying that it suspended an employee for calling the jokes in Dave Chappelle's latest special harmful, with the head of the media giant offering a defense of the content against critics who call it transphobic.
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Netflix denies suspending employees for objecting to Dave Chappelle special
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Transgender Netflix employees staging walkout in protest of Chappelle special
Netflix is denying that it suspended an employee for calling the jokes in Dave Chappelle's latest special harmful, with the head of the media giant offering a defense of the content against critics who call it transphobic.
The three employees were reprimanded not for any public criticisms of the special, but for allegedly trying to attend a meeting they were not invited to
Netflix has suspended a transgender employee who protested the streaming service's ties to comedian Dave Chappelle and who reportedly tried to crash an executive meeting to protest the comedian.
The employee, software engineer Terra Field, tweeted Wednesday that Chappelle “attacks the trans community, and the very validity of transness,” in “The Closer.”...
Transgender Netflix employees are reportedly planning a company-wide walkout to protest Dave Chappelle's comedy special The Closer and the company's refusal to remove it from the streaming platform.
Some Netflix employees are reportedly planning on staging a walkout in protest of the streaming giant's release of Dave Chappelle's latest comedy special, which has been criticized for its transphobic material.
