Dave Chappelle Trends After Netflix Employee Who Spoke Out Against His Special Resigns
A Netflix employee who made headlines last month after publicly criticizing the corporation’s latest Dave Chappelle stand-up comedy special for including transphobic jokes has declared her resignation.
Terra Field, who was suspended and then returned after bringing her concerns public, shared on Twitter Monday that she is “not happy that this is how things turned out, but I do think this outcome is the best for all parties involved.”
“Shortly after B. was fired for something I did not and do not believe they did, I made a decision: sink or swim, I was going to walk side by side with B. as they had for so many of us while they led the Trans* ERG,” Field wrote in her resignation letter, which she said was submitted Sunday. She said she plans to take a month off to “rest, recover, and consider what I want to do next.”
Field was suspended in October, quickly after she accused Netflix on Twitter of encouraging harmful transphobic beliefs by aiding Chappelle’s special, which debuted on Oct. 5. Netflix suspended Field a couple days after her Twitter rant went viral. The streaming company rejected that Field had been suspended for her tweets, insteade accusing her and two other employees of accompanying a virtual meeting of Netflix executives without being invited.
Field was brought back to the team a short time later. Netflix said an examination found that she had visited the virtual meeting without “any ill intent,” and that a director had shared the link to join the event.