Dave Chappelle is willing to speak with trans Netflix employees “with some conditions”
SalonIn recent weeks, Dave Chappelle has faced continued backlash over his latest Netflix comedy special "The Closer," a bizarre stand-up set in which the self-identified comedian obsesses over trans women's genitals and boasts about once beating up a lesbian woman. The defensiveness of Chappelle's "conditions" make it clear that he sees trans people who are critical of him as the aggressors, and himself as their victim. Since "The Closer" released, trans people and certainly trans employees at Netflix have risked it all to be vulnerable and share their experiences with the real-life violence that's fueled by the transphobia at the heart of Chappelle's comedy. A meeting between him and trans Netflix employees would require endless vulnerability and labor from them, but would ultimately be nothing but a contrarian thought experiment to Chappelle.