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Dear White People
For anyone tired of explaining themselves in rooms that weren't built for them. ✊🏾
Who it's for
Each episode centres a different Black student at the fictional Ivy League-style Winchester University, so the show refuses a single 'right' Black experience: Sam's activism, Coco's ambition and assimilation, Lionel's coming out, Troy's pressure to be the perf.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Dear White People is a Netflix comedy-drama created by Justin Simien as a continuation of his 2014 film, running for four seasons from 2017 to 2021. It follows several Black students at the fictional Ivy League Winchester University as they deal with race relations, activism, identity and campus politics.
Where to find it
Netflix original. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: Racism and a police gun threat.
Age: TV-MA (suggested 16+)
Between me and the other world there is ever an unasked question:W. E. B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk
