🐱 Netflix trans employees and allies release a list of demands ahead of the walkout - TL;DR how they would tank the company

Netflix trans employees and allies release a list of demands ahead of the walkout

www.theverge.com

The trans employee resource group at Netflix has released a list of demands for the company ahead of Wednesday’s walkout. “We want the company to adopt measures in the areas of content investment, employee relations and safety, and harm reduction, all of which are necessary to avoid future instances of platforming transphobia and hate speech,” employees wrote in a press release, which has not yet been made public but was supplied to The Verge.


The news comes after weeks of controversy due to Netflix executives continuing to support Dave Chappelle and his comedy special The Closer, which many LGBTQ people and allies have criticized as transphobic.

Last week, Netflix fired a leader of the trans ERGwho was helping to organize the walkout. The company said this worker had leaked confidential information. Internally, that reasoning has been disputed.

While the conversation has become mired in a “culture wars” dispute over censorship and hate speech, none of the demands involve taking down the comedy special. Employees want Netflix to allow the trans ERG to take on a bigger role in internal conversations surrounding potentially harmful content, hire trans and nonbinary executives, and eliminate imagery of transphobic content in the office.

Read the full letter from Netflix employees below:


Over the past few weeks, it has become clear that there are many places where Netflix

still has to grow when it comes to content relating to the trans and non-binary

community. The Trans* Employee Resource Group, which includes trans and

non-binary colleagues as well as our numerous allies, wants Netflix to immediately take

the steps below to begin to repair the relationship between the Company, our

colleagues, and our audience. Specifically, we want the Company to adopt measures

in the areas of Content Investment, Employee Relations and Safety, and Harm

Reduction, all of which are necessary to avoid future instances of platforming

transphobia and hate speech, and to account for the harm we have caused and will

continue to cause until the below measures are put in place.

Content Investment

• Create a new fund to specifically develop trans and non-binary talent

○ This fund should support both above-the-line (ATL) and below-the-line

(BTL) talent;

○ This fund should exist in addition to the existing Creative Equity Fund;

• Increase investment in trans and non-binary content on Netflix comparable to

our total investment in transphobic content, including marketing and

promotion;

• Invest in multiple trans creators to make both scripted and unscripted programs

across genres;

• Revise internal processes on commissioning and releasing potential harmful

(“sensitive”) content, including but not limited to involving parties who are a

part of the subject community and can speak to potential harm, or consulting

with 3rd party experts/vendors;

• Increase the ERG role in conversations around potentially harmful content and

ensure we have best in class regional support on complicated intersectional

diversity issues;

• Hire trans and non-binary content executives, especially BIPOC, in leading

positions;

Employee Relations and Safety

• Recruit trans people, especially BIPOC, for leadership roles in the company

(Director, VP, etc.) and promote an inclusive environment for them;

• Allow employees to remove themselves from previous company promotional

content (e.g. allyship and diversity videos, etc.);

• Eliminate references/imagery of transphobic titles or talent inside of the

workplace, including but not limited to murals, posters, room names, swag;

Harm Reduction

• Acknowledge the harm and Netflix’s responsibility for this harm from

transphobic content, and in particular harm to the Black trans community;

• Add a disclaimer before transphobic titles that specifically flag transphobic

language, misogyny, homophobia, hate speech, etc. as required;

• Boost promotion for Disclosure and other trans-affirming titles in the platform;
• Suggest trans-affirming content alongside and after content flagged as

anti-trans.

We are employees, but we are members, too. We believe that this Company can and

must do better in our quest to entertain the world, and that the way forward must

include more diverse voices in order to avoid causing more harm. The Trans* ERG

looks forward to working with the Company to make this a better, more entertaining

place for us all.

Sincerely-

Trans* Netflix

 

[SaintChristopher69]

It's come to the point now where literally nobody can take them seriously. Regardless of your political stance, we can all agree on the fact that their protests have been absolutely insufferable to hear about.

• Create a new fund to specifically develop trans and non-binary talent

Netflix isn't dumb. They're not going to pander towards them. They hire talent based on their skills and how they fit the assignment. They're not going to hire someone because they have some unnecessary quota they've been forced to abide by. Who knows, maybe some people would take them seriously hadn't they embarrassed themselves by storming meetings and ranting online.

 

[Honest Coyote]

To be fair, this would be helpful, as any movies they would want this disclaimer in front of would almost certainly be a great movie.

I mean - all the Rambos, Terminator, rhe Die Hard trilogy, The Warriors, Empire Strikes Back, The Outsiders, The Muppet Movie, etc etc .

They've watered down terms too much to be useful as descriptions. These people are crazy about labeling things problematic. It would be funny seeing people learn to ignore them though. It'd be an ironic twist on Anita Sarkeesian:

"Everything is sexist, everything is racist, and you have to point it out! Then they discover they like Sean Connery more than you, and kick you out."

 

[Xarpho]

Netflix only cares about ratings, so they'll push degeneracy if it gets them views but they don't fuck around if the numbers don't add up.

Remember all the crying over the cancellation of Sense8 and how they "deserved" the show, even if its ratings were in the toilet?

 

[Jet Fuel Johnny]

From what I've heard, the troonism and the gender politics is what fucked up Y-The Last Man and lost FX a shitload of money.

“Y: The Last Man is about gender, about how oppressive systems inform identity. We had a gender diverse team of brilliant artists, led by women at almost every corner of our production. Producers, writers, directors, cinematographers, production design, costume design, stunt coordination, and more. It is the most collaborative, creatively fulfilling, and beautiful thing I have ever been a part of. We don’t want it to end.”

You can hear the money being flushed down the toilet when you read that.

Everything that has catered to troons or been troon infested has largely been canceled.

Disney's The Owl House was championed by LGBT and as soon as they got loud about it, Disney cut that shit off.

It's starting to look like more and more things are having the LGBT yeeted out.

Now if they'll only realize that people are tired of black people being inserted over white characters and historical figures.

 

[Stoneheart]

they missed noses to neck themself...

 

[Troutsmacked]

Imagine after ten years of endless propaganda about how special stunning brave and owed an everything ever you are, being so fucking out of touch, holding such a position of perceived power that you would actually present a list of retarded demands to a multi-billion dollar corporation like this.

 

[Dysnomia]

Just start up Transflix. Everyone will rave about it on Twitter but no one will subscribe because they don't consume the things they demand to be available for consumption.

 

[dry roasted]

‘I should have recognized the fact that a group of our employees was really hurting,’ Ted Sarandos says in interview​

Netflix Inc. Co-Chief Executive Ted Sarandos said he “screwed up” in his efforts to communicate with employees who were upset over “The Closer,” a recent comedy special by Dave Chappelle in which he made remarks that some viewed as offensive to the transgender community.

In emails to Netflix staff after the special’s debut earlier this month, Mr. Sarandos defended “The Closer,” citing its popularity on the platform and the company’s commitment to creative freedom. He also said the company believed “content on screen doesn’t directly translate to real-world harm.”

In “The Closer,” which was released earlier this month and is currently among the most-watched programs on the service in the U.S., Mr. Chappelle said “gender is a fact” and said he identified as a “TERF,” an acronym that stands for “trans-exclusionary radical feminist.” He also compared the transgender community to people who wear blackface.

“What I should have led with in those emails was humanity,” Mr. Sarandos said in an interview Tuesday evening. “I should have recognized the fact that a group of our employees was really hurting.”

He's not backing down about his stance though, keeping The Closer in the catalog and says there will be content they don't like in the future.

 

[SouthernBitchBob]

Sometimes trash takes itself out. Just lock the doors and don't let the trannies back in; your stock will shoot up, I promise.

 

[Terrifik]

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‘I should have recognized the fact that a group of our employees was really hurting,’ Ted Sarandos says in interview​

Netflix Inc. Co-Chief Executive Ted Sarandos said he “screwed up” in his efforts to communicate with employees who were upset over “The Closer,” a recent comedy special by Dave Chappelle in which he made remarks that some viewed as offensive to the transgender community.

In emails to Netflix staff after the special’s debut earlier this month, Mr. Sarandos defended “The Closer,” citing its popularity on the platform and the company’s commitment to creative freedom. He also said the company believed “content on screen doesn’t directly translate to real-world harm.”

In “The Closer,” which was released earlier this month and is currently among the most-watched programs on the service in the U.S., Mr. Chappelle said “gender is a fact” and said he identified as a “TERF,” an acronym that stands for “trans-exclusionary radical feminist.” He also compared the transgender community to people who wear blackface.

“What I should have led with in those emails was humanity,” Mr. Sarandos said in an interview Tuesday evening. “I should have recognized the fact that a group of our employees was really hurting.”

He's not backing down about his stance though, keeping The Closer in the catalog and says there will be content they don't like in the future.

absolute keke
so they got to his friends or family.
so know he trying to get away with about face.
let me spoil this for you.
DOOR1: you say your sorry & quit netflix as ceo& exject your golden parchute & give to women or trans women they might might leave you alone
DOOR2: WE KNOW .. dave put the worst & best termination claus on this show either be prepared to take not take it to court
I am betting the termination clause include adding a censor or feefee warning to the video.
Door3: you go sorched earth sue pants off the trans women in company leak , destroy company for agenda.
Door4: you wait it out on just appolgy will save you from this mess it won't thats admission of guilt.
Door5: settle with the party involve & end with money & gag order
Door6: accept their demands
door7: do nothing

 

[Gar For Archer]

Pretty sure he just realized the PR was hurtin' just a little and is giving a worthless apology just so he can say he did it. Note how the email mentions nothing about what he plans on doing to "rectify" the situation, and indeed literally just says "yeah we're not actually gonna change anything".

Literally all he did was say "I'm sorry you feel that way" in PC corpo-speak. This apology isn't really for the trannies, it's to virtue signal for the few normies still watching.

 

[theshitposter]

This is what you get for hiring trans people in the first place. Hopefully someone learns from Netflix's mistake, but I doubt it.

since you've no idea how democratic elections are strategised, there a core votebank (which will go nowhere) and a group which would never vote for you. the fishing happens in the deep sea where you try to cast the net as wider as possible. if you pander to much to your core, you might start bleeding out the neutral

in case of netflix, if you pander to progressive politics, migatards will despise you dearly. a fairtrade as they are fringe groups. but would you cater trans (a more specific subgroup) so much at the expense of blacks (a bigger cohesive block)? hell no. where will trannies go if not netflix (as customers).

as for these demands, the tranny employees have already dropped the dave chappelle mention cuz he's not going anywhere any soon. netflix will just say "we hear you, we'll think about this... blah blah" and stretch out before silently chopping the lambs. the netflix pander to troons is acceptable upto a line only. okay they might even greenlight a cheap trans show too. or appoint a tranny-in-chief with no real authority.

Does it even cost Netflix anything to fire the lot of them?

firing them wouldn't gain them anything at all (dudebros won't start signing up) but might upset their insignificant yet loyal tranny fanbase along with some of their sympathizers. QUOTE ME, NO ONE WILL BE FIRED (for now)

 

[Screw Danlon]

"No, I am your parent."

I mean…. When you get down to it, Vader is basically trans. They used prosthetics, surgery and chemicals to turn him from a massive pussy into one of the most intimidating men in film.

 

[Caesare]

Because a lot of black trannies are hookers and get killed every year.
This is of course caused by Dave Chapelle's transphobia and not because they're hookers.

All murdered by other niggers because they either "fooled" them by not disclosing they had a cock between their legs before they had sex or they told everybody "lol this nigga's a punk faggot! He fucked me in the ass with my dick and balls dangling on his dick the whole time lol!!!"

Maybe sometimes they actually do get fooled though, they are pretty fucking stupid.

 

[byuu]

they told everybody "lol this nigga's a punk faggot! He fucked me in the ass with my dick and balls dangling on his dick the whole time lol!!!"

To be fair that's pretty based for a tranny.

 

[CAPTAIN HAPPY]

Get fucked, netflix, lol

 

[Xarpho]

He also compared the transgender community to people who wear blackface.

Stonetoss used that bit a year ago. I mean, using makeup and clothing to make an offensive caricature of a historically oppressed minority? Sounds about right.