Dave Chappelle addresses cancel culture: 'If this is what being canceled is like, I love it.'
"With 2021 on track to be the deadliest year on record for transgender people in the United States — the majority of whom are Black transgender people — Netflix should know better," NBJC executive director David Johns said in a statement."Perpetuating transphobia perpetuates violence. Netflix should immediately pullTerra Fied, a senior software engineer at Netflix, also called out the streamer for promoting the special.
Being trans is actually pretty funny, if you're someone who actually knows about the subject matter. How could volunteering for a second puberty *not* be funny? That isn't what he is doing though. Our existence is 'funny' to him - and when we object to his harm, we're "offended"."What we object to is the harm that content like this does to the trans community and VERY specifically Black trans women. People who look like me aren't being killed.
What we object to is the harm that content like this does to the trans community and VERY specifically Black trans women. People who look like me aren't being killed. I'm a white woman, I get to worry about Starbucks writing "Tara" on my drink.
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