A Stand Against Racism in the Voice-Over Industry
This company has demonstrated clear discriminatory practices, and I strongly recommend that anyone concerned about fairness and equality stay away from it. They have systematically removed all Palestinian voice-over artist profiles, effectively preventing them from working and benefiting from the platform—despite many of these professionals having years of experience, excellent feedback, and strong reputations. This is absolutely shameful and undeniably racist behavior. I am proud to have cut ties with this company as a voice-over artist, doing so with dignity and integrity.
**Response to company's reply:
I am incredibly surprised by your prompt reply, especially considering that I attempted to contact you multiple times via email and Instagram over the past two years—with no response.
The discrimination here clearly revolves around the "location" of the voice actors. The primary victims of this policy are individuals based in Gaza and other Palestinian cities.
I truly appreciate the link you provided, as it further proves my point. I encourage everyone to take a moment to examine that list and compare the location of each profile with their “last hired” status to better understand the issue at hand.
Let me highlight a few critical observations:
1) Some profiles may show recent hiring activity—but they are located in the United States or other regions outside of Palestine.
2) The visibility of a profile doesn’t necessarily indicate it is active—I have confirmation that at least two highly-rated profiles based in Gaza have been suspended and remain so to this day despite still appearing visible in the website.
3) At least three of the profiles listed are for English, French and Spanish speakers only, which raises questions about how they’re considered “active Palestinian profiles.”
4) A significant number of voice actors, including myself, closed our accounts in protest and solidarity with our Palestinian colleagues.
Their stated reason for these suspensions is due to U.S. and Canadian sanctions, a rationale that other U.S based well-known freelancing platforms have not enforced.
Shame... Big shame.
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