Trans people shouldn’t be ‘fodder’ for comedy, experts say after Chappelle special

CBC News published this video item, entitled “Trans people shouldn’t be ‘fodder’ for comedy, experts say after Chappelle special” – below is their description.

Courtney Skye, research fellow for the Yellowhead Institute, and Syrus Marcus Ware, artist and scholar, discuss how Dave Chappelle’s latest special could harm the trans community by using them as a punch line for his jokes.

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