‘Diversity Fatigue’? Hollywood Loses 4 DEI Leaders in Less Than 2 Weeks
thewrap.com2020’s social media blackout that was supposed to be in support of the BLM movement.Disney’s chief diversity officer and senior vice president Latondra Newton, a six-year veteran, was the first of the four to go.
On June 20, the company said that Newton was leaving to pursue “other endeavors.” Predictably, her exit was celebrated by a faction of people who blamed her for “The Little Mermaid’s “woke” casting of Black actress and singer Halle Bailey.
Her departure was followed by Wednesday’s announcement that Vernā Myers, Netflix’s head of inclusion strategy, will step down from the role in September.
She was the first person to serve in the role, which she held for five years. She will remain as an advisor to Netflix as she focuses her attention to her consulting company, The Vernā Myers Company.Friday — the day after the Supreme Court struck down Affirmative Action in education — brought a double departure with Warner Bros.
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