“The recent killing of George Floyd as well as other instances of lethal attacks and harassment of unarmed black citizens in our nation continue to drive outrage and calls for action by people of all cultural backgrounds, including many of our employees,” say Disney’s CEO, Executive Chairman and Svp and Chief Diversity Officers in a letter sent to employees of the media giant last night as 8 Pm curfews went into place in La and other cities over protests to the death of the African-American man at the hands of Minneapolis cops on May 25.
While Bob Chapek, Bob Iger and Latondra Newton didn’t specifically mention the Black Lives Matters movement as many other media companies have over the last 18 hours in reaction to the escalating nationwide reaction in the streets to what happened to Floyd, they were distinctly clear and blunt in calling the horrible incident the “killing” it...
While Bob Chapek, Bob Iger and Latondra Newton didn’t specifically mention the Black Lives Matters movement as many other media companies have over the last 18 hours in reaction to the escalating nationwide reaction in the streets to what happened to Floyd, they were distinctly clear and blunt in calling the horrible incident the “killing” it...
- 5/31/2020
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
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