The

New York Times

Outside of a Netflix Los Angeles office yesterday, dozens of activists and the company's

own employees protested.

They were demonstrating against Netflix's release of a new Dave Chappelle comedy special,

called The Closer, which dropped earlier this month.

If you listen to what I'm saying, I'm not even talking about them.

I'm talking about us and they don't listen.

The special was a hit, flying up the charts to one of Netflix's top shows of the week.

But it has also grown into a problem.

And that's because in the special, Chappelle does a long bit about trans people.

There were some employees who raised concerns even before it was released on Netflix,

according to Bloomberg.

The issue here is that Netflix didn't listen to its own employees, its own trans and LGBTQ

plus employees who brought up real concerns.

Netflix executives pushing back.

They say the company supports creative freedom, even though these objections have been raised

internally at Netflix since even before the specials release.

And discussing such objections at Netflix isn't unusual.

The company has a surprisingly open culture.

They call it radical candor.

Employees can voice their opinions internally to the most senior levels of management.

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