Disney's chief diversity officer Latondra Newton resigns
Human Resources Director Sonia Coleman assured that the executive was leaving the company to "pursue other endeavors."
Latondra Newton, the Walt Disney Company's chief diversity officer since 2017, is leaving the entertainment giant. An internal statement from earlier this week accessed by Variety reported the executive's resignation.
Sent by Sonia Coleman, the company's director of human resources, the memo to employees stated that Newton was resigning from the Walt Disney Company to "pursue other endeavors":
Latondra Newton, architect of several of the woke policies adopted by Disney.
As chief diversity officer, Newton was responsible for overseeing some of the diversity and inclusion policies adopted by Disney in recent years. The company, on its website, says she performed her work "helping Disney and its employees around the world tell stories that entertain, enlighten and inspire." Not only that, she also made sure that everyone felt supported and represented:
One of her most notable works was with Bob Iger and Bob Chapek after the death of George Floyd. The three issued a memorandum in May 2020 entitled "Resolve in the Time of Unrest" in which they asserted the following:
Following this, Disney began implementing woke policies and introducing LGBT characters in its audiovisual products. Initiatives that are not working as well as the entertainment giant had hoped. In fact, arecent example of the results of their input has been that Pixar's new film, "Elemental," became the worst opening in the company's history.