Netflix Employee At Center of Dave Chappelle Protests Resigns, Says 'Relieved To Have Closure'

A Netflix Inc. NFLX employee who organized protests against the streaming of Dave Chappelle’s comedy special “The Closer” has resigned.

What Happened: Terra Field, a transgender engineer who was suspended and later reinstated by Netflix in October, announced the resignation on Twitter and also posted a link to the resignation letter.

“This isn’t how I thought things would end, but I am relieved to have closure,” Field said in the resignation letter.

Field said the decision to resign was taken after Netflix ousted B. Pagels-Minor, a former colleague, for allegedly leaking confidential information on the Chappelle special.

Field thanked Netflix’s Base OS team as well as the company’s employee resource group Trans* for their support.

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Why It Matters: The Dave Chappelle show was considered by a growing number of Netflix employees as being transphobic and homophobic.

Field, along with B. Pagels-Minor, had organized a company-wide walkout on Oct. 20 to protest the Chappelle special as well as the Netflix executive leadership’s continued defense of the comic.

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos had dismissed statements by the streaming giant’s employees that warned offensive comments made about the LGBTQ demographic on the show could create real-life violence against the community.

Price Action: Netflix closed almost 2.9% lower in Monday’s regular trading session at $659.20, but rose 0.2% in the after-hours session to $660.77.

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Photo: Dave Chappelle, courtesy of Netflix.

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