THE DAILY WIRE/ Virginia Kruta-
Netflix has pulled the plug on Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s show, “Antiracist Baby,” along with several other proposed offerings that would present a nod — or a total-body immersion experience — to woke culture.
According to a report from Variety, Kendi’s “Antiracist Baby” — which was aimed at preschoolers — was one of three animated shows to get the axe. The others were the Ava DuVernay-produced “Wings of Fire” series and a film titled “With Kind Regards From Kindergarten.”
The streaming service also canned another Kendi project, “Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You,” which was intended to be a “companion piece” to Kendi’s “Stamped From the Beginning.” The latter, according to Variety, is in post-production and is described as “a hybrid documentary and scripted feature that delves into race in the United States.”
Despite a drop-off in revenue growth that cost 150 primarily U.S.-based employees their jobs this past week, sources at Netflix told Variety that the decision to cancel those projects was not financially motivated. “The decisions not to move forward with these projects were creative rather than cost related, meaning they would have taken place regardless of the company’s slower revenue growth,” Variety reported. Continue reading…
