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Cishet Black Men Stop Participating in Oppression Olympics
Cishet Black men have a tendency to participate in Oppression Olympics at the expense of the entire Black community.
LGBTQ+ hatred spewed by cishet men is nothing new in the community. Men with fragile masculinity tend to overcompensate for their perceived shortcomings of manhood by projecting onto those who are easy targets — LGBTQ+ individuals. So, it was not a surprise to see another entertainer tap into this hatred to garner attention. The latest person to do so was Dave Chappelle.
Chappelle garnered widespread criticism for his jokes and comments towards the transgender community in his latest Netflix special, The Closer. This is just the latest instance of the comedian using the LGBTQ+ community as his punching bag.
Since Chappelle re-emerged in 2017 following a long hiatus, he has repeatedly made jokes about trans people despite requests from fans to not do so and critiques in the press. Past specials like Sticks & Stones have also been points of contention among queer comedians.
The controversy naturally led to a larger conversation around the killings of transgender people to those of cishet Black people. As one TikToker explained, all Dave Chappelle did was compare how more Black…
