Dear White People

This is a fantastic show if you are looking for something to binge watch. It commands your attention and does so in a way that each episode you come away feeling something different about this collection of characters. I laughed, I cried, and I can honestly say I enjoyed every episode. Now as for the people giving this show 1* I can personally guarantee not one of them has watched this programme through entirely if at all, they probably just saw the title and thought 'oh I don't like that because I'm white, I'll give it 1*'. Well I can tell you now I'm white and I utterly loved this show and would recommend it highly!

10 minutes into the first episode of volume 4 I stopped paying attention, I think it's a very telltale sign when series include musical numbers as plot fillers that they've run out of ideas, I can think of a lot of series that used the same tactic!

I went in this series with an open mind. Friends told me that it's bad but I've seen a few recommendations on Netflix and this one kept being pushed so I thought Why Not?

Oh boy... Each episode gets worse and worse trying to push the constant narrative that white people are evil.

I am African American and this show is insulting and racist towards people.

Going into this I thought it was just gonna be some cringy show about how annoying white people are, with no depth or comedy. To my surprise it's actually the opposite. The show makes fun of white people and black people. Makes fun of white liberals, white conservative, black liberals, black conservatives, literally EVERYONE. It pokes fun at itself and doesn't take itself too serious and it's actually fun to watch.

The people "boycotting" this or trolling the ratings to this are either trolls, crybabies who think that this is somehow racist to white people, or just people that haven't watched it. Anyone who's offended over this is ridiculous. It's a show that makes fun of race and how stupid both white AND black people can be. Stop whining and watch it for yourself instead of hopping on a hate bandwagon from whiny white men who can't stand to see themselves being made fun of. Everyone gets made fun of, white people are no exception. Lighten the hell up and stop taking everything so seriously. Laugh at yourselves, life's too short not to.

When i first searched this show on IMDb it was rated at 5 yet rotten tomatoes rated it 100%. Intrigued, i decided to watch it and detirmine the reasons for such a discrepancy. Low and behold the basic difference... racism. I guarantee that the people leaving bad reviews are white and while not necessarily racist (although i am sure several are) certainly misguided. The show itself is excellently cast and the acting is brilliant. The show is stylistically captivating and it manages to delve into explorations of several themes important to black culture and racism in today's society. It focuses on developing characters and themes and in my opinion is 100% better than the film it is based on. However... I did find it a little disappointing at times. The opening narration tries to be clever but comes across as sarcastic and patronizing. The style of the series as ultra hip tended to alienate me at times. Every dorm room looks like the perfect IKEA ad and the series only seems to include rich folk, which tends me to think of black rich people problems. Overall however it developed its characters well, it was engaging and explore important ideas without being preachy.