To: Bob Iger, CEO, Disney,
c/o Disney’s Corporate social responsibility team
Sir,
I write to remind you of an important distinction. Your position atop a storied American corporation is not a trophy to be placed on your mantlepiece. It is, instead, a position of measureless responsibility. Briefly, you are responsible for preserving and advancing the company in a sustainable manner. That includes a recognition of those elements of the society in which Disney matured that were necessary, namely democracy.
Insofar as demands from the current Administration may have influenced and encouraged a decision to suspend Mr Kimmel, I am asking that the suspension be reversed. Confirming the Administration’s worst tendencies will benefit no one in the long view, as arbitrary and capricious decisions are a hallmark of those whose tenure in power is marked by a disdain for democracy, its laws and traditions.
I reiterate: revoke Mr Kimmel’s suspension. Disney will be the better for it.
Sincerely yours,
H. A. White, Jr.
