Black Faces In White Places: Saw Dear White People directed by Justin Simien, starring Tyler James Williams, best known for "Everybody Hates Chris," Tessa Thompson, Teyonah Parris, Brandon Bell, and Dennis Haysbert at AMC Theatres! The film is socially satirical; meant to be humorous, while defining social constructive criticism regarding race relations and racial identity in The United States under Barack Obama. "Samantha White" played by Thompson has her own campus radio show called "Dear White People," where she attempts to point out her thoughts regarding what it is not to be a racist, is determined to prevent diversification of Armstrong Parker House and win a culture war at "Winchester University" against her fellow white student body. There was a student election held to try and oust the Head of House, "Troy Fairbanks," played by Bell who is the son of "Dean Fairbanks," played by Haysbert. "Samantha White" acts like she was surprised to win, when in fact the voting phone application was knowingly rigged by "Reggie," played by Marque Richardson for her to win and take over as head-of-house, replacing "Troy Fairbanks." After losing to "White," "Fairbanks" goes against his father "Dean Fairbanks" and applies to join the university's influential humor magazine, "Pastiche." "Lionel Higgins," played by Williams, is an Afro-sporting sci-fi geek who is recruited by the all-white publishing team, who then goes undercover to write articles about black culture; something he apparently knows very little about. Another main character, "Coco Conners," played by Parris, attempts to use this racially motivated drama on campus to make a name for herself in Reality TV. I feel the movie did define some very topical racial social issues which exist among us today. I would recommended go seeing it if you are looking for something different in a movie, meaning a message about real-life. My cinema score is 7/10. Now, some questions which the film inspired me to think of include; Are stereo-types true among us regarding certain races; if so, what are some examples you have witnessed, what are some of your favorite personal racial stereo-types, what does it mean to be "Black," and finally, is racism really over in America?
Review of Dear White People
