Over the past several years an unceasing tide of progressive ideas on race, gender, and identity has washed over us from our entertainment and corporate worlds. It has seemed at times that companies would do or say anything to avoid the ire of wokesters who were always lurking to call them out. But in recent days, this seems to be changing.
Netflix, which has been floundering financially, recently made big cuts, including to many of its diversity programs. Imbram X. Kendi’s ‘Anti-Racist Baby’ project got the ax, for example. As did several smaller projects focused on the black, Latino and LGB&T communities. This just days after the streaming giant sent employees a warning that backlash on programming will not be tolerated.
Over at HBO, the new Warner Brothers head honcho David Zaslav has indicated that he is going to uncancel Harry Potter author JK Rowling. Last year, Rowling, incredibly, was not invited to participate in the HBO 20th anniversary celebration of the blockbuster film version of the young wizard’s epic...
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