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Set against the backdrop of a predominantly white Ivy League university where racial tensions bubble just below the surface, Dear White People is a send-up of the now post "post-racial" America that weaves together a universal story of finding one's own identity and forging a wholly unique path. The satirical series -- based on the acclaimed 2014 film by the same name -- continues to follow a group of Winchester University students of color as they navigate a diverse landscape of social injustice, cultural bias, political correctness (or lack thereof) and activism in the millennial age. Through an absurdist lens, Dear White People utilizes biting irony, self-deprecation and sometimes brutal honesty to hold up a mirror to the issues plaguing society today, all the while leading with laughter.
- With each episode of the season focusing on a different character, Dear White People's second season adds new depth to well-drawn characters that carry over from season one.Reply
- It brings the messy grey areas of the conversations people of color and white liberals are having in the real world to the screen - voicing the pain, the guilt, and the resentment all at once.Reply
- What differentiates Dear White People from [other shows]...is the sheer density of its TV trolling.Reply
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- Threaded into these personal stories are the ambitious, funny, strange little touches that make Dear White People more than just a position paper on how to talk about issues of race in 2018.Reply
- Dear White People has returned! Season two landed this week on Netflix, picking up just a few short weeks after the emotionally charged finale.Reply
- The complex themes conquered in the show's first two seasons have the ability to both educate and entertain, without feeling overly preachy.Reply
- This season, queerness is layered on top of race and gender politics, planting seeds for other important conversations about representation.Reply
- Dear White People has leveled up in quality during its second season - no small feat considering how consistently strong it was during its freshman outing.Reply
- Netflix has not only given viewers a show they will love to follow, but also one that looks to have some longevity potential, while still being relevant to our time.Reply
- Logic and discourse may be out the window, but that doesn't mean people aren't trying to pull them back inside. Dear White People is an invigorating effort to do just that. Bring on next semester.Reply
- I can't think of any show that does better with the topics that DWP does right. It excels at fully immersing itself within queer black identity, but also can be so surface level that it is accessible to everyone.Reply
- But for the most part, it's as entertaining as it is pointed, deepening the topics of Season 1 by alluding to the reality outside the show.Reply
- If Dear White People season 1 was a commentary, then Dear White People season 2 is a dangerous, curious prediction.Reply
- More than anything, Dear White People marks itself as a show that more people (and more critics) should be talking about, because few shows on TV feel as eager to instigate as many meaningful conversations.Reply