[Link] Netflix hit with unfair labor charge from suspended and fired employees

Read: 31/10/2021 www.avclub.com

After weeks of controversy surrounding its release of—and then vocal high-level support for—the transphobic material in Dave Chappelle’s comedy special The Closer, streaming giant Netflix now faces an unfair labor charge from two of its current/former employees.

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[Link] Netflix Isn’t Backing Down on Dave Chappelle and Neither Are Its Workers

Read: 20/10/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Employees have pledged to walk out of work on Wednesday, including the LGBTQ+ storytelling team and its head of queer editorial.

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[Link] Netflix Is Sure 'Content' Doesn't Affect the World, Unless it Does

Read: 15/10/2021 www.vice.com

In a letter to Netflix employees about the backlash associated with Dave Chappelle's new stand up special, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said he believes that media does not cause harm, in part because of the popularity of first-person shooter video games.

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[Link] ‘I’m team Terf’: Dave Chappelle under fire over pro-JK Rowling trans stance

Read: 9/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

Dave Chappelle’s latest Netflix special is facing a wave of intense backlash after the comedian once again made jokes directed toward the LGBTQ+ community and defended the author JK Rowling, who has been previously accused of transphobia.

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[Link] Dave Chappelle and Jon Stewart Take Down Candace Owens

Read: 23/6/2021 www.thedailybeast.com

“There is no possible way that I owe Candace Owens an apology, is there?” Dave Chappelle asked at the top of the latest episode of his podcast The Midnight Miracle.

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