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Oct 6, 2021 · Dave Chappelle sparks LGBTQ+ controversy again | CNN. By Lisa Respers France, CNN. 2 minute read. Updated 2:23 PM EDT, Wed October 6, 2021. Link Copied! Joshua Roberts/Getty Images. CNN —...
- Chappelle Explores His Own Transphobia in The Closer
- Many Trans Rights Advocates Have Criticized Chappelle
- The Special Has Created A Firestorm at Netflix
Over the years, Chappelle has built plenty of jokes around trans subjects, including in three of his most recent stand-up specials for Netflix. In them, he compared being trans to Rachel Dolezal pretending to be a different race, and wonders what would happen if he woke up and decided he was Chinese, or if Lebron James decided to be a woman in orde...
In the days after the special was released on Netflix, many flocked to social media to issue criticism and demands for Netflix to take down the special. In a statement, GLAAD said, “Netflix has a policy that content ‘designed to incite hate or violence’ is not allowed on the platform, but we all know that anti-LGBTQ content does exactly that.” Tran...
While many people focused the brunt of their ire upon Chappelle, many others went after Netflix for giving him a platform. Last week, Jaclyn Moore, an executive producer for the Netflix series Dear White Peoplewho is also trans, said she would boycott working with the company “as long as they continue to put out and profit from blatantly and danger...
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Oct 26, 2021 · Dave Chappelle is speaking out about the controversy surrounding his recent Netflix comedy special The Closer — saying he is open to meeting with LGBTQ employees of the company who are...
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Nov 12, 2022 · Dave Chappelle is drawing scrutiny for hosting “SNL” after making a series of widely criticized jokes aimed at transgender people. Here’s a look at recent controversies surrounding his ...
Oct 23, 2021 · Chappelle gets close to lobbing a critique of social justice movements that mainly focus on aiding white people, but his analysis lacks nuance: He frames whiteness as the protective cover most...
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Jul 21, 2022 · Comedian Dave Chappelle has had a live show cancelled at the last minute due to controversy over some of his jokes. The First Avenue venue in Minnesota apologised for booking him and said the...
Oct 25, 2021 · Dave Chappelle responded to the controversy over his Netflix standup special “The Closer” — which has been criticized as promoting bigotry toward transgender people — by posting a five-minute...
