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Equity activists outraged at Disney, Netflix for forcing DEI chiefs out
NY Post ^ | 7/12/2023 | By Yael Halon

Posted on 07/12/2023 4:13:03 PM PDT by NohSpinZone

Diversity activists are accusing the entertainment industry of “corporate blackface” and running out of “White guilt” after a number of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) executives at top entertainment and media companies suddenly stepped down or were forced out of their roles.

Between June 20 and July 3, at least five executives overseeing DEI initiatives at leading entertainment companies including Disney, Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery, left their posts.

All the outgoing execs are Black women.

An LA Times story published Tuesday linked the high-profile exits to the backlash against “wokeness” by conservative politics and pundits, as many speculate whether the job changes are a result of the growing pushback to the left’s diversity push.

The story, titled “High-profile exits spark fears that Hollywood diversity pledges are just ‘PR,’ focuses its ire on the entertainment industry, citing a number of outraged equity activists who accused Hollywood of making insincere commitments to diversity and racial justice programs for “PR” purposes after the George Floyd protests in the summer of 2020.

“Numerous diversity-centered initiatives were established. More transparency around issues of race was assured.

But companies have since begun to scale back such commitments and, in some cases, employees dedicated to diversity initiatives, leading some insiders and advocates to fear that the doors to more opportunities once again have been slammed shut,” the LA Times story reads.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dei; disney; equity; netflix
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These activists posing as corporate executives had no business there in the first place. Even if their positions were purely sinecures and these women literally did nothing all day, they would do a millionth of the harm than they are doing now. Instead, they are upturning corporate culture and siphoning precious resources to very bad causes. These companies would be smart not to replace them but we all know that's a fantasy.
1 posted on 07/12/2023 4:13:03 PM PDT by NohSpinZone
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To: NohSpinZone
Equity activists

Tits on a bull.

2 posted on 07/12/2023 4:14:40 PM PDT by tomkat (SOTU = FUBAR)
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To: NohSpinZone

Wow, a good news story on this subject for a change.


3 posted on 07/12/2023 4:17:07 PM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: NohSpinZone

So what exactly is the problem?


4 posted on 07/12/2023 4:18:48 PM PDT by Licensed-To-Carry (John 14:6 )
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High-profile exits spark fears that Hollywood diversity pledges are just ‘PR’...

I'm imagining what Sam Goldwyn would have to say about that.

5 posted on 07/12/2023 4:21:18 PM PDT by Oberon (John 12:5-6)
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To: NohSpinZone

Obummer operatives.
Very likely there is a $$$ trail as these people are way too stupid to get in on their own merits.


6 posted on 07/12/2023 4:21:20 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: NohSpinZone

Trimming dead weight


7 posted on 07/12/2023 4:22:37 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: NohSpinZone

I find this interesting. Disney is not the first woke company to do so. Are they doing this in response to Bud Light and the Indiana Jones flop, or did these woke companies never want these positions in the first place and felt free to get rid of dead weight the moment the SC overturned affirmative action


8 posted on 07/12/2023 4:22:59 PM PDT by libh8er
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To: NohSpinZone

they were political officers a la the old soviet union


9 posted on 07/12/2023 4:23:52 PM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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Trimming dead weight

It's more than than. They are not mere ballasts, they are cancers within a company who will destroy good companies inside out. Firing them is like chemotherapy.

10 posted on 07/12/2023 4:25:45 PM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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the CEO of BlackRock, which is widely seen as a champion of the ESG cause, expressed remorse last month saying he was “ashamed of being part of this conversation,” reframing such principles as “conscientious capitalism.”

Meaning Fink, the guy who was videoed earlier crowing that "behavior must be forced" was sorry he got caught bullying and now wants to call it something else. The spots may change but the leopard is still the same. Why corporations should hire entitled black women just to be intolerable scolds is a bit of a mystery; but that they are being forced to is pretty clear.

11 posted on 07/12/2023 4:26:04 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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Only if these political officers could be removed like Ramius did to Putin in Hunt for Red October. "Slipped on tea".


12 posted on 07/12/2023 4:28:07 PM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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The DEI slobs were fired b/c they lost companies millions w/ this DEI garbage.

Disney lost $900 million w/ a bunch of loser woke films.


13 posted on 07/12/2023 4:32:29 PM PDT by Liz (Vox Populi, Vox Dei (voice of the people is the voice of God))
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Equity activists outraged at Disney, Netflix for forcing DEI chiefs out

They should sue Disney.

Any company that lives by DEI deserves to die by DEI.

14 posted on 07/12/2023 4:32:44 PM PDT by Jess Kitting
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"All the outgoing execs are Black women."

"Trimming dead weight"

Nailed it.

15 posted on 07/12/2023 4:34:08 PM PDT by chief lee runamok (Anti Socialist Flâneur@Large)
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Bob Iger just got his contract renewed to 2026. Kathleen Kennedy is still there.


16 posted on 07/12/2023 4:34:21 PM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: Menehune56

Time to destroy dei where ever it lives.


17 posted on 07/12/2023 4:35:16 PM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: NohSpinZone

Focus is changing, away from race hustlers, toward lack of “transparency around” issues such as federal government agents and agencies making statements for purposes of evasion.


18 posted on 07/12/2023 4:40:10 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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Equity activists = Socialists. Socialism has failed every time it has been tried. Equity activists don't understand the battle cry “Go woke Go broke”! Equity activists hate capitalism! A Board of Directors know that as long as the company makes money they continue to hold onto their jobs. A lot of equity activists don't have jobs.
19 posted on 07/12/2023 4:45:27 PM PDT by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives: Ban Gun Free Zones)
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Part of layoffs throughout the industry. Streaming companies are losing billions of dollars, and tomorrow the actors go on strike, causing more billions down the drain.


20 posted on 07/12/2023 4:48:42 PM PDT by philippa
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