Focusing on ‘Dear White People’ Showrunner Ignores The Black Trans Women Who Will Suffer For Dave Chappelle’s Rhetoric

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By Veronica Wells ·Updated October 9, 2021

I learned two things yesterday as “Dear White People” spent a majority of the day trending on Twitter. One, the popular Netflix series is co-run by Jaclyn Moore, a white woman. And two, folks will engage in Olympic level gymnastics to avoid addressing transphobia.

Comedian Dave Chappelle recently released a new stand up special on Netflix called The Closer. In it, he complains that the struggle for

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