Disney has promised to push for “real change” in light of this weekend’s global demonstrations protesting police violence, sending a memo to all employees from CEO Bob Chapek, Executive Chairman Bob Iger and Chief Diversity Officer Latondra Newton.
While the memo does not note the escalating nature of the demonstrations and the violence by police against protesters and journalists, the memo does condemn the “recent killing of George Floyd as well as other instances of lethal attacks and harassment of unarmed black citizens” and acknowledges the racial disparity in how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted American citizens.
“We, too, are struggling to make sense of the recent tragedies that leave us feeling overcome with sorrow,” read the memo.