“I believed that perhaps the grief that the Black trans community was experiencing over the rampant murders of community members, and the grief that cis-hetero Black people were also experiencing over the senseless murders of Black people at the hands of law enforcement could potentially be the onramp toward much-needed dialogue around how we can heal and protect one other as a community,” Preston said of her attempts to contact Chappelle.
In a statement to The Times, Preston said she was unaware of any efforts made by the Netflix employee resource group Trans* to connect with Chappelle. It’s worth noting that Preston is not a Netflix employee but a media personality and activist appointed to lead last week’s rally. Well, it seems like I’m the only one that can’t go to the office anymore.” My God, how could I not? You said you wanted a safe working environment at Netflix. I said what I said, and boy, I heard what you said. Although I am confused about what we are speaking about. If they had invited me, I would have accepted it. “It’s been said in the press that I was invited to speak with transgender employees at Netflix and I refused,” Chappelle said in the Monday clip.
