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Netflix Employees to Stage Walkout Over Dave Chappelle Special

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The Los Angeles Times and The Verge. The group includes both transgender employees and allies.The walkout is slated for Oct.

20 and comes amid criticism of the streamer’s decision to release Chappelle’s stand-up special “The Closer,” in which he made several transphobic comments.

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos defended the special on Monday, writing in an email, “We don’t allow titles (on) Netflix that are designed to incite hate or violence, and we don’t believe The Closer crosses that line.”According to the LA Times, members and allies of the Netflix employee resource group Trans* plan to take Oct.

20 as a “day of rest” in protest. The walkout plan, posted to a public company Slack channel by a member of Trans*, (and shared with the Los.

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