Reed Hastings, chairman and CEO of Netflix, donated $1 million to a research organization dedicated to fighting racial bias in American law enforcement using data science. The exec’s donation…
started by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Gavi Alliance says it helps fund immunization programs in lower-income countries.According to Center for Policing Equity research, Black Americans are two to four times more likely than than white Americans to have force used against them in an encounter with law enforcement. The org says in the last 10 years it was worked with more than 25 police departments across the U.S. on “data-driven interventions.
“We’re so proud to have @reedhastings supporting our work to reform policing,” the Center for Policing EquityTuesday. “His grant of $1 million will go directly toward helping us empower communities to hold law enforcement accountable to the values of equity and justice.” New York-based Center for Policing Equity describes itself as a “research and action think tank” that produces research identifying and reducing the causes of racial disparities in law enforcement. CPE’s roots date back to Stanford University’s Policing and Racial Bias Conference in 2004, led by Stanford U. Prof. Jennifer Lynn Eberhardt.
Hastings has long been an active educational philanthropist, and currently serves on the board of several educational organizations including the City Fund, KIPP, and Pahara.
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