Dear White People (TV Series) Chapter VII (2017) User Reviews

One Reason the Series is an Improvement Over the Movie

[IboChild · 8/10 · 9 May 2017]

With so many characters involved, it's easy for some of them to get lost in the mix. In the movie, Gabe was one of those characters. You never really got a sense of where his character was coming from. How did he really feel about Sam? Was he genuinely attracted to her or did he just have a fetish for black women? How does he really think about the rantings of Sam and the other black people on campus? Fortunately for us, the series allows more time to address those questions. It accomplishes this in a very clever way. Each episode tells the story from the point of view of a different character. Because this episode is told from Gabe's point of view, the audience gains a greater insight into what makes him tick. Unlike most first season episodes, this one spends a significant amount of time with Gabe away from Sam, so we get a better understanding of how he interacts with other people -- both black and white. At the same time, we also learn a lot more about Gabe's relationship with Sam. As a result, Gabe becomes a much more fully realized character in the series than he was in the movie.

I hate this show

[dougmacdonaldburr · 1/10 · 28 April 2017]

I can't stop hate watching it. I don't see how the writers cannot see how stupid their own positions are. Reggie a cliché angry black man goes to a party. He is dancing with friends and a white friend sings the lyrics to a song containing the n word. Reggie asks him not to say that word. The white guy thinks he is being called a racist so they argue. The police arrive and ask Reggie for ID to prove he goes to the school. He refuses. So the Cop pulls a gun on Reggie. He gets scared, shows ID and the party ends. Then the next episode the main girl Sam feels bad for Reggie and so ends up going to an open mic with him where he reads a poem about how everyone hates him because he is black. Sam is impressed and so they go back to his room to have sex instead of attend a rally her boyfriend set up to help him. It the turns out her boyfriend was the one who called the police at the party. Then all of the black students hate him and she leaves him for Reggie.... How on earth is he the bad guy? I admit calling the police was an overreaction, but, compared to the other characters, the man is a bloody saint. The core problem with all of this writing and all of these characters is 'Emotional Reasoning'. There is no purely logical reason for white people not to say the N word. It should be equally bad whenever anyone says it, but, by making it okay for some race groups and not others, all you are doing is keeping us divided. For instance, can a mix race person say it? You could argue it is racist either way. The cop is wrong to ask only Reggie for ID, but, in that situation just show him your bloody ID. Getting angry at a cop with a gun is just dumb. The cop pulling a gun for no reason is insane. That just never happens. If you have to pretend it does, you should know you are on the wrong side. Then there is his poem. His school has a black dean, black student body president and had Obama as the US president. To say nothing has changed since Martin Luther King's time is a joke. This show is almost self parody it is so dumb. It's entire existence is affirmative action. I just wish Netflix focused more on creating good content instead of libtard virtual signalling propaganda.