Staffers at the streaming giant plan to stage a walkout on Oct. 20 to protest Ted Sarandos' support of the comedian's special.
last Friday stating that the company would not be removing the special, where Chappelle mocks gender identities and defends J.K. Rowlings’ transphobic remarks, among other comments.
“Trans Lives Matter. Trans Rights Matter. And as an organization, Netflix has continually failed to show deep care in our mission to Entertain the World by repeatedly releasing content that harms the Trans community and continually failing to create content that represents and uplifts Trans content.
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