How Chappelle Fueled A Netflix Walkout

What A Day

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4.6 • 12K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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People gathered in solidarity with trans Netflix employees and their allies who held a walkout, yesterday, in protest of the streaming service’s endorsing and platforming of Dave Chappelle’s transphobia. We hear from B. Pagels-Minor, a now-former Netflix employee who was fired for allegedly leaking confidential information to the press, which they deny doing. And in headlines: the man responsible for the 2018 high school shooting in Parkland, Florida, pleaded guilty, the Biden administration laid out plans to vaccinate children aged 5-11, and Facebook plans to rebrand and change the company’s name. Show Notes: The 19th: “Netflix employees and their allies walk out over company’s handling of anti-trans Chappelle special” – https://bit.ly/3vxtn1d For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday

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0:00.0	It's Thursday, October 21st. I'm Gideon Ressik.
0:08.6	And I'm Treville Anderson and this is what a day, the best podcast for when you're driving
0:12.4	around looking for gas that doesn't cost a million dollars.
0:15.4	Yeah, if the flashing red prices you're seeing are making you sick, turn us on and we'll
0:19.8	help you relax.
0:21.0	Gas should definitely cost less than a king size candy bar per gallon.
0:24.6	I need somebody to get it together for us.
0:27.2	On today's show, the FDA authorizes additional boosters and the White House has a plan for
0:35.1	kids vaccinations plus Facebook maybe gears up for a rebrand.
0:40.2	But first, that is the sound of protesters shouting team trans from yesterday's demonstration
0:49.4	outside of Netflix here where I am in Los Angeles, folks gathered in solidarity with
0:54.6	trans Netflix employees and their allies who had a walk out in protest of the streaming
0:59.3	services endorsing and platforming of Dave Chappelle's transphobia.
1:03.2	Right. And so can you give us a really quick reminder for those who need catching up like
1:07.0	how did we get to this moment?
1:08.9	Sure. So earlier this month, the comedian's special, the closer debuted on Netflix featuring
1:14.1	a host of supposed jokes, ultimately at the expense of black queer and trans folks.
1:20.1	In the special, Chappelle, Ms. Genders, a former friend who died by suicide after defending
1:24.7	him. He complains that transgender people accuse him of quote punching down and he suggested
1:30.3	only white people are queer. He also sides with noted anti trans author, JK Rowling,
1:35.9	a certain that he is quote team turf.
1:38.5	Hence the chant you heard at the demonstration of team trans.
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