Euphemism Of The Day

"unacceptably low racial awareness and sensitivity"

Say, what's the "acceptable" level? "Darkie"? "Jig-a-boo"?

The question in my tiny & diseased mind is whether Friedland has been wandering around Netfux saying this sort of thing & someone decided that, in the current climate, enough was enough, or if our hero recently decided to start w/ this kind of language, due to his interpretation of the current climate.

 Hollywood Reporter:

Netflix fires PR head Jonathan Friedland; CEO Hastings memo: his use of the N-word at least twice “showed unacceptably low racial awareness and sensitivity”  —  In lengthy internal memo, CEO Reed Hastings addressed letting go top communications executive Jonathan Friedland …

Discussion:

Tim Baysinger / The Wrap:   Netflix Chief Communications Officer Jonathan Friedland Fired After Using the N-Word Twice …

Christopher Mele / New York Times:   Netflix Fires Chief Communications Officer Over Use of Racial Slur

Multichannel News:   Netflix's Top Communications Exec Out Over Use of N-Word at Work

Peter Wells / Financial Times:   Netflix's top communications chief leaves over ‘insensitive’ remarks

Daniel Terdiman / Fast Company:   Netflix fires C-level exec for using racial slurs

The Guardian:   Netflix chief of communications leaving after reports of using N-word

Deadline:   Netflix Fired Comms Chief Jonathan Friedland Over His Use Of The N-Word

Tamar Auber / Mediaite:   Netflix Fires Top Communications Exec After He Said the N-Word at Work

New York Post:   Netflix PR chief exits over insensitive remarks

Justin Carissimo / CBS News:   Netflix communications chief out after “insensitive” remark

Ashley Boucher / The Wrap:   Netflix Chief Communications Officer Jonathan Friedland Out After Using the N-Word Twice

Peter Kafka / @pkafka:   Never read a CEO memo remotely like this. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...

Michael Nordine / IndieWire:   Netflix Fires Director of Communications for ‘Descriptive Use of the N-Word’

Nick Statt / The Verge:   Netflix PR chief fired for repeatedly using the n-word

Anita Bennett / Fortune:   Netflix Parts Ways With PR Chief Jonathan Friedland Following ‘Insensitive’ Comments

Geoff Weiss / Tubefilter:   Netflix's Chief Communications Officer Let Go Following “Insensitive” Remarks

One hell of a "communications" job, you stupid P.R. phony.