Current Events > Jeremy Tardy exits Dear White People, accuses studio of racial discrimination

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https://ew.com/tv/dear-white-people-jeremy-tardy-exits-accuses-studio-racial-discrimination/

Actor Jeremy Tardy will not return to Dear White People for its upcoming fourth and final season, citing his experience with studio Lionsgate, which produces the Netflix series, and what he called "their practices of racial discrimination."

In a lengthy social media post on Friday, Tardy, who has held a recurring role on the series since its first season, said the studio declined his counteroffer during salary negotiations, stating that "the initial offer was the 'best and final'."

"This news was disturbing because one of my white colleagues being a true ally revealed that they too had received the same initial offer and had successfully negotiated a counter offer," Tardy wrote. "My team expressed this issue to Lionsgate and the producers maintained their position that the white actor was able to negotiate while I was not regardless of my credits and experience."

In response, Tardy said, he and six other recurring cast members "banded together" to collectively decline Lionsgate's initial offers, in an attempt to negotiate better deals as a group. "However, our collective bargaining power was undermined with side deal offers and lack of transparency," he continued. "These tactics led to some individuals taking deals before the collective group received a fair and equitable negotiation process."

Dont see how its particularly racial discrimination though. The white ally could possible had a more significant role. Shouldnt he be more mad at his cast members for being snake ass bitches who folded and took side deals lol?

What the heck is up with the font on that website?

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Honestly producing a show called Dear White People is a ticking time bomb regarding compensation negotiation

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that's a shame, I liked him on the show.

idk who he's referring to getting a better offer, but since most of the named white characters, while fewer, iirc, have more of an impact on the story.

I think his character showed an interest in one of the main female characters on the show, but she only saw him as a friend, but besides all that, I can't remember any really storyline that he had much of an impact on.


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No shit