npr:Don’t be distracted by the title of Netflix’s latest, button-pushing TV series, Dear White Peopl
npr: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 college reveals it really doesn’t focus much on white folks at all.Indeed, the title Dear White People is a bit of a head fake. This slyly assembled series is really about how a wide range of black and brown students at the fictional, predominantly white Winchester University deal with race, sexual orientation and other identity stuff in the modern age.The show begins with a focus on the curiously-named Samantha White, head of the Black Student Union at Winchester. She’s also host of a provocative, socially-conscious campus radio show called Dear White People, which often speaks out on how students of color feel marginalized at the school.This Time, ‘Dear White People’ Is Not So Much About ThemPhoto: Adam Rose/Netflix -- source link