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Amid Chappelle controversy, Netflix reportedly fires employee who helped plan walkout – Source CNET Tech

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Employees have pushed back on Netflix’s handling of a comedy special by Dave Chappelle that included jokes about trans people.


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Netflix on Friday said it has fired an employee for leaking internal information to the press about Dave Chappelle’s latest stand-up comedy special “The Closer.” 

The employee, who has not been named, was a leader of a trans employee resource group and was helping organize a walkout on Oct. 20 in protest of the company’s handling of the Chappelle special, according to a report by The Verge

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