Netflix chairman and CEO Reed Hasting, has donated $1 million to a research organization dedicated to fighting racial bias in American law enforcement using data science.
Netflix has been notedthe firstNetflix has been noted as being one of the first media and enterntainment companies to plublicly show their support to the Black Lives Matter movement & growing protests over Floyd’s death, which has been ruled a homicide.
“To be silent is to be complicit. Black lives matter,” Netflix said on Twitter, “We have a platform, and we have a duty to our Black members, employees, creators and talent to speak up.”
Hastings & his wife Patty Quillin are no strangers to giving back - they have also given $1 million in COVID-19 relief support to the Los Angeles Unified School District’s LA Students Most in Need fund.
They also recently donated $30 million to Gavi Alliance the nonprofit immunization orgination started by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Gavi Alliance says it helps fund immunization programs in lower-income countries.
Hastings said in a statement toVariety: “Global immunization is vital to ending this terrible pandemic, and Gavi’s hard-fought gains in this area will help prevent more lost lives and livelihoods.”
“We hope that our contribution will help those most in need, but also to inspire other businesses, entrepreneurs and organizations to join in this urgent effort,” Hastings added.
MAJOR kudos Mr. Hastings.