Dave Chappelle’s Netflix special and an ‘Atlanta’ episode show what has — and hasn’t changed — in 5 years

Regardless of the streamer’s stance on “The Nearer,” the backlash has been resounding. Poet Saeed Jones, a self-proclaimed longtime Chappelle fan, wrote for GQ that being referred to as “too delicate, too brittle” about comedy is an argument that doesn’t maintain up, particularly when intersectionality is at play. “As a homosexual Black man, even once I’m watching a comedy particular, my id is inconveniently current,” he stated.