Advocates and former employees said at the time the cuts included many employees from underrepresented groups, and that the company seemed to also be pulling back on some of the diverse content it had funded in the years since the death of George Floyd.
“Nearly everyone I see on LinkedIn posting about being laid off worked on diversity, equity, and inclusion across the company,” former Netflix worker Evette Dionne tweeted at the time.
A spokesman for Netflix said its diverse, audience focused channels such as Con Todo and Strong Black Lead are a priority for the company and that they are “investing heavily in them”.
“We’re talking to all of them right now,” Sarandos said at the Cannes Lions conference when asked which company Netflix was looking to partner with
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