"Dear White People": A Netflix Series Everyone Should Watch

By Kennisha Crawford on May 22, 2017

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I recently completed watching a highly talked about Netflix series called “Dear White People.”

A few of my friends suggested that I watch the series because it is “so good” and depicts real-life race issues that continuously plague our society; my friends were not wrong.

After I finished watching the first episode of “Dear White People,” I became instantly hooked and found myself being able to identify with some of the things the different characters in the show were going through.

For those of you who haven’t seen the series, “Dear White People” is about a diverse group of college students who attend a school called Winchester that is a predominately white ivy league school. The show consists of 10 half hour episodes with each episode displaying the various forms of racial discrimination the students face.

Though the topics of the show are raw and honest, they also add an element of comedy that helps ease watching some of the “uncomfortable” situations the characters endure.

Now, being the title of the show is “Dear White People,” the show’s creator Justin Simien, received backlash from people saying how the show is too “racial.” I personally feel that the show in a lot of ways truthfully displays the racial injustices that African Americans face.

Who would have thought that in the year 2017, race issues would once again be extremely present in our society like it was during the days of the Civil Rights Movement? It also doesn’t help matters that we have a celebrity as president of the United States, who makes it okay for bigots and racists to show their “pride” in being against people who don’t “look” like them.

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Justin Simien should be applauded for being bold enough to create a show that speaks to the current societal issues that are happening right now. One of the scenes that stands out in the show is when all the students are at a party, the party gets a little wild with a confrontation occurring between one of the white and black students and someone calls the police.

Once the police arrive, they only ask the black student for his ID, the black student “talks back” to the officer, and the officer immediately pulls a gun on him. That scene was an accurate depiction of what the average African American male goes through on a daily basis when dealing with law enforcement.

The issue of race discrimination and its injustices is something that people need to be willing and open to discussing because it is indeed a prominent issue. It may make some feel uncomfortable to discuss it but it is a discussion that needs to take place nonetheless.

No matter your ethnicity, I would highly recommend watching “Dear White People.” You’ll more than likely be able to identify with at least one of the characters, and feel compelled to start a conversation with your peers on ways you feel you can do your part to affect the necessary change that desperately needs to occur in our world.

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