_number8_wtf happened to dave chappelle
balderdashMaybe he shouldn’t have agreed to take the picture but he didn’t write the caption. They’re clearly using him for a political stunt.
Are they though? He’s been pretty openly transphobic.
I think Dave Chapelle would not consider himself transphobic and as far as I know has never opposed transgender rights.
His could be considered offensive when it comes to transgender people but they aren’t an attack any more than his other jokes were an attack on other groups.
His reaction to the pushback feels like more of an ego thing than making any kind of stand on the topic.
snooggumsThe funniest part of Chappelle's whole defense on his trans jokes is that he had one trans friend, which is the same thing as defending racist jokes by saying you have a black friend. The fact that Dave did not realize that is unintentional comedy gold.
Not only did he employ “I have a black friend, so I am not racist” tactic for this, but he took it further. He claimed her suicide was due to the amount of harassment that she got for being friend’s with him, and standing up for him on social media.
However, people looked through her entire social media presence, which was out there for anyone to see. She got very, very, little harassment because of Chappelle. Reading through her posts though, it became clear why she did, actually, do it though. She was in the process of fighting a legal battle for custody rights of her child. She said many times that if she were to completely lose custody she would kill herself. Guess what ruling she received shortly before her suicide? Complete loss of custody.
Also, Chappelle claimed she was, or was one of, his best friends. However he didn’t go to the viewing, or the funeral, or help assist her family with costs, or anything substantial. He sent a card.