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TheWrap8y
‘Dear White People’: What It Means and Why
No, really. “Dear White People” is just a more pleasant way of saying “shut up and listen.” “Netflix” released a ten-episode series titled “Dear White People” that is a spinoff of ...
The Daily Beast10y
‘Dear White People’: How An Ex-Publicist’s Twitter Became One of the Year’s Most Important Films
Stereotypes. Blackface. White privilege. Justin Simien’s satire Dear White People tackles all these issues and more. Here’s how it made its way to the screen. The signs are everywhere—if you ...
The Washington Post10y
‘Dear White People’ movie review: A satirical and timely conversation about race
"Satire is the weapon of reason," one character tells another in "Dear White People," a movie that exemplifies that sentiment with a potent combination of playfulness and pointed cultural critique.
NPR10y
'Dear White People' Is A Satire Addressed To Everyone
The new film Dear White People is a satire about race relations and racial identity, set on a fictional Ivy League campus. Samantha White, known as Sam, is the host of a campus radio show called ...
NPR8y
This Time, 'Dear White People' Is Not So Much About Them
Don't be distracted by the title of Netflix's latest, button-pushing TV series, Dear White People. Because, one look at this insightful, irreverent examination of race and society at an Ivy League ...
Vox8y
Netflix’s Dear White People digs into everyday racism, and it’s sharp — and funny — as hell
Dear White People opens with an “ethnic but nonthreatening” voiceover that promises to catch us up on the action at Winchester College, a fictionalized Ivy League school trying to hide long ...
The Washington Post8y
Netflix’s ‘Dear White People’ is even better than the movie
"Dear White People" was met with critical acclaim when it hit theaters in 2014. Director and writer Justin Simien's satire, which followed a group of black students at a predominantly white Ivy ...
Salon5y
How "Dear White People" keeps evolving
On a late winter visit to the set of Netflix's "Dear White People" the conversation circled back to the topic that launched the series: blackface. In this instance, the offender was not a ...
Forbes4y
Dear White People, Cut It Out With The ‘Colorblindness.’ It Perpetuates White Supremacy
Because whiteness is the norm in the U.S., rarely do white people recognize their race germane to their identities. Moreover, some live their lives completely unaware or resistant to the reality ...
Forbes2y
Dear White People: When You Say You ‘Don’t See Color,’ This Is What We Really Hear
The truth is that when white people say “I don’t see color,” many Black and Brown people hear a very different message. In fact, “I don’t see color” often sounds like code for what ...
The Cheat Sheet3y
How ‘Dear White People’ Season 4 Will Be Different From Season 3
After a year-long hiatus, Dear White People is set to return to Netflix for its fourth and final season. Based on creator Justin Simien’s 2014 film of the same name, the series follows a group ...