Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and his wife, Patty Quillin are devotees of education reform – along with a deep interest in social equity. On Wednesday the …
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and his wife, Patty Quillin are devotees of education reform – along with a deep interest in social equity. On Wednesday the couple announced they’re giving $120 million to the United Negro College Fund and two Black colleges.
« The times are the most stressed, the most painful, that we’ve ever seen in our lives, » Hastings said in an interview Wednesday with MSNBC’s Craig Melvin. « But out of that pain can come some opportunity, too. And maybe this will be the moment things change. »
Hastings was referencing the protests and fight for racial justice spurred by the killing of George Floyd. Hastings and his wife believes that one of the most powerful ways to support the next generation of Americans is through the education of future Black men and women leaders.
Quillin and Hastings have long given to educational institutions, starting in 1997 with their support for schools, including the KIPP charter school network that serves overwhelmingly low-income Black and Latino students, according to a statement released on Wednesday.
First on @CBSThisMorning, @GayleKing spoke with @ReedHastings, as well as @Morehouse College President David A.
