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Why Chelsea Handler’s “Hello Privilege, It’s Me, Chelsea” Isn’t For Black or White People

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Ezinne Ukoha
7 min readOct 3, 2019

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Chelsea Handler was paid way too much money for her latest offering from Netflix, Hello Privilege, It’s Me, Chelsea, when you consider how the controversial subject matter could’ve been better produced by someone who can actually attest to the harrowing ordeal that accompanies the victimhood of being assaulted by the lethality of Whiteness.

It made sense for the streaming giant to partner with Handler since she’s a known face in the illustrious spaces of comedy and variety shows. She’s also been loudly vocal about the genesis of her disrupted reality, which was orchestrated by the tragic election of Donald Trump in 2016.

But this jarring age of ceremonious confessionals has unfortunately bequeathed famous White people the audacity to safely share the truth of how their former naivety created the blissful existence, that lasted long enough to be shattered by the polarizing presence of an administration that openly operates on the premise of White supremacy.

It was only a matter of time before we would be faced with the task of watching a privileged White woman sleekly document her journey of repentance as she poses hardcore…

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