A sheer unluck that even in 2020 we are still fighting against racism. People are endangering their lives and protesting out on the streets amid the pandemic. Cases of racial murders are still prevalent in society where a person from the Black Community is running a whole country. Students from the Black community do still face prejudices and mockings from the mainstream communities, and that is what the Netflix series Dear White People is trying to portray. The American comedy-drama is three seasons long and is gearing up for the fourth and final season this year, which was renewed last year on October 2, 2019. But there hasn’t been any date announced due to the hinders caused by the pandemic and the fans are eagerly waiting for the season. The official release might shift to the end of the year or even to 2021.
The official description on Netflix goes like this, “Students of color navigate the daily slights and slippery politics of life at an Ivy League college that’s not nearly as “post-racial” as it thinks.” It is based on the 2014 film of the same name. The film’s writer and director, Justin Simien, returned to write and direct episodes of the series. Dear White People is basically a satirical look at the experiences of minority students in a majority white Ivy League environment. The characters pin-point and pull out every issue faced by every Black person with subtle humor and sarcasm, which makes the show brilliant and an excellently crafted production. It is executively produced by Justin Simien, Yvette Lee Bowser, Stephanie Allain, and Julia Lebedev. But do you know what was the irony of the show? It was called “racist” towards white people and received more dislikes than likes on their trailers, which in turn benefited the creators since it called for more attention. But that was the point of the movie, to highlight the injustices faced by the people of color. Moreover, Dear White People was nominated in 2017 Gotham Independent Film Awards and 2020 GLAAD Media Awards.
Dear White People stars Logan Browning, Brandon P. Bell, DeRon Horton, Antoinette Robertson, John Patrick Amedori, Ashley Blaine Featherson, and Marque Richardson.