Episode 86: More Dave Chappelle Fallout And An Astonishing Scandal In Loudoun County, Virginia

Katie and Jesse follow up with just a bit more KidneyGate discussion, then talk about Netflix employees’ reactions to Dave Chappelle’s special. The second half is an in-depth look at an astonishingly bad scandal in the Loudoun County, Virginia public schools. This is the public version of the episode — if you’re a premium subscriber and want to comment on the private version, click here. (Image via Haley Milon Bour of Loudoun Now.)

Show notes/Links:

Shoutout to ChocoRaisinBoi: https://www.reddit.com/r/BlockedAndReported/comments/q6njk1/so_you_dont_have_to_listen_for_15_minutes/

New version he made for us:

Why Blocked And Reported Moved To Substack

The meme’s origin: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/friendship-ended-with-mudasir

Do we owe an apology to Dawn Dorland?: https://www.reddit.com/r/BlockedAndReported/comments/q85brs/pod_owes_an_apology_to_dawn_dorland/

KidneyGate account, which is worth following: https://twitter.com/kidneygate

Great tweetstorm on class element of KidneyGate — thanks to listener Katherine on our site for pointing it out:

Paul Matzko @PMatzko

The most frustrating part of the "bad art friend" story in the NYT is the complete silence around class. And yet class both propels the conflict in the story and the subsequent discourse around it.

Terra Field tweetstorm:

Terra Field @RainofTerra

I work at @netflix. Yesterday we launched another Chappelle special where he attacks the trans community, and the very validity of transness - all while trying to pit us against other marginalized groups. You're going to hear a lot of talk about "offense". We are not offended 🧵

Pretty misleading headlines:

Katie Herzog @kittypurrzog

If you read most of these headlines you’re going to think Netflix is suspending people for publicly criticizing the company. That’s not what happened. They literally crashed a meeting.

Ted Sarandos denies that Netflix content causes real-world harm: https://variety.com/2021/film/news/ted-sarandos-dave-chappelle-defense-1235088647/

Netflix fires walkout leader for leaking data: https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/15/22728337/netflix-fires-organizer-trans-employee-walkout-dave-chappelle

Loudoun County 2016 and 2020 election results:

https://results.elections.virginia.gov/vaelections/2020%20November%20General/Site/Presidential.html

https://results.elections.virginia.gov/vaelections/2020%20November%20General/Site/Presidential.html

Antiracist enemies list: https://wtop.com/loudoun-county/2021/03/parents-group-says-theyve-been-targeted-for-opposition-to-teachings-of-racial-equality-in-loudoun-co-schools/

Gym teacher who doesn’t want to abide the new rules: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/loudoun-teacher-transgender-pronouns-cross/2021/06/08/567edf5e-c7b5-11eb-a11b-6c6191ccd599_story.html

Local coverage of school board meeting chaos: https://wjla.com/news/local/loudoun-county-school-leaders-board-meeting

https://loudounnow.com/2021/09/24/loudoun-school-board-tightens-reins-on-public-commenters/

Fairly clear video of entire Scott Smith altercation:

CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/24/us/loudoun-county-school-board-meeting/index.html

New gender-identity policy passes in August: https://www.loudountimes.com/news/loudoun-school-board-passes-transgender-policy-8040/article_6a583872-faff-11eb-9a3f-e7f735eb41ab.html

National School Boards Association letter to Joe Biden calling for his administration to use the PATRIOT Act and other tools to rein in out-of-control school-board protesters: https://nsba.org/-/media/NSBA/File/nsba-letter-to-president-biden-concerning-threats-to-public-schools-and-school-board-members-92921.pdf

Explosive Daily Wire story (paywalled): https://www.dailywire.com/news/loudoun-county-schools-tried-to-conceal-sexual-assault-against-daughter-in-bathroom-father-says

Newsweek followup: https://www.newsweek.com/loudoun-county-school-assaults-students-1638899

Washington Post followup: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/loudoun-schools-sex-assault-allegations/2021/10/13/02d3f144-2c61-11ec-8ef6-3ca8fe943a92_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/loudoun-virginia-school-assault-apology/2021/10/15/10853e8e-2ddc-11ec-8ef6-3ca8fe943a92_story.html

Beth Berts is out (happened after we recorded): https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/loudoun-school-board-member-beth-barts-resigns-her-position/2021/10/15/87608c52-2deb-11ec-8ef6-3ca8fe943a92_story.html