It didn’t start with a visionary founder’s decision, a Silicon Valley memo or a culture of promoting Black executives. When Netflix got into original material in 2013, the company didn’t have a particular focus on Black content. There were five Black executives who could buy content in 2015, and some of them built relationships with Black directors and producers. One former employee said Black executives were sometimes pulled into meetings with Black directors or actors for show. The crisis came to a head in June 2018, when two Black executives announced their departures.

Source: bd News24 July 06, 2020 05:03 UTC