Chappelle approaching the repeated complaints of an extremely marginalized community with the thoughtfulness and self-reflection of a medieval king petitioned by unruly peasants.
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1452725880283820032
It's really sad to see this.
Hopefully none of us would be OK with a comic, even an otherwise marginalized comic (like say a trans comic), even one known for speaking truth to power, deciding for 4 sequential specials to do bits on how they saw the struggle for Black liberation as a "hilarious predicament." 
I really don't think Chappelle's problem is that he's being misunderstood.
I think his problem is, he's being understood.
I think his problem is, he's being understood.
Chappelle isn’t talking about his audience. He’s talking about other people, whom his audience would like permission to dismiss as people deserving to exist, and he gives them that permission. And we get to say that’s harmful. And that is free speech.
That’s how all this works.
That’s how all this works.
https://twitter.com/jkempcpa/status/1452823472552529925
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