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This trailer for DEAR WHITE PEOPLE is not a petting zoo

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Dear white people

Boy, how about those INSERT ETHNICITY HERE people, huh? Nervous laugh, nervous laugh! If there’s one topic that people still find incredibly uncomfortable to talk about, it has to be race relations and differences. Personally, I’m of the school of ‘can’t we all get along’ and acknowledge these differences? Such as white ladies having Hulk level short fuses when entering a post office. That’s what Dear White People is about, I think.Here’s a new trailer for the comedy, which has some social commentary to throw in as well, as it tackles being back in black in the US of A. Something which isn’t that too dissimilar right here in our neck of the woods.

 The unexpected election of activist Samantha White (Tessa Thompson) as head of a traditionally black residence hall sets up a college campus culture war that challenges conventional notions of what it means to be black. While Sam leverages her notoriety as host of the provocative and polarizing radio show “Dear White People” to try to prevent the college from diversifying Armstrong Parker House, outgoing head-of-house Troy Fairbanks (Brandon P. Bell), son of the university’s dean (Dennis Haysbert), defies his father’s lofty expectations by applying to join the staff of Pastiche, the college’s influential humor magazine. Lionel Higgins (Tyler James Williams), an Afro-sporting sci-fi geek, is recruited by the otherwise all-white student newspaper to go undercover and write about black culture—a subject he knows little about—while the aggressively assimilated Coco Conners (Teyonah Parris) tries to use the controversy on campus to carve out a career in reality TV.

But no one at Winchester University is prepared for Pastiche’s outrageous, ill-conceived annual Halloween party, with its “unleash your inner Negro” theme throwing oil on an already smoldering fire of resentment and misunderstanding. When the party descends into riotous mayhem, everyone must choose a side.

Dear White People is written, directed and produced by Justin Simien. The film stars Tyler James Williams, Tessa Thompson, Kyle Gallner, Teyonah Parris, Brandon P. Bell, Malcolm Barrett, Brittany Curran Marque Richardson and Dennis Haysbert .

Last Updated: July 23, 2014

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