“I understand some anonymous signatories are upset that we aren’t moving forward in the exact way they want,” he wrote. Employees questioned why the company had not issued a statement in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. On June 1, six days after Mr. Floyd’s death, Mr. Shapiro released a statement on WNET.org. “It is our view that this represents your profound misunderstanding of our nation’s history and its current reality,” the council wrote. “Racism is not an anomaly separate from us, rather, it is woven into the fabric of this country and, in fact, our own institution.”

Source: New York Times October 12, 2020 18:05 UTC