Dear White People

    I was surfing through Netflix once again until I came across Dear White People, a show that I've been wanting to watch for some time now but never really got to. I finally watched episode one and I'm quite impressed by the plot twists of the series but not the uncertainty of the main character.

    The main character Sam, informs her college campus of the struggles of black people through a radio station but has some uncertainty about herself. Sam has a radio station called Dear White People but has interest in white men. While it is perfectly fine to openly speak about your experiences and social injustices and date whoever you like, it is misleading for her listeners when she opposes some of the things that white people do so greatly. Continuously, the story took a turn when everyone found out that Sam had an intimate relationship with Gabe, who happens to be white. When her collegiate friends from her black organization were informed, she attempted to use being biracial as an excuse for justifying her relationship with Gabe. Not only that but she tries to keep her relationship with Gabe a secret to protect this image she has made of herself. Lastly, she made an article specifically about not dating or carrying on any relationship with the opposition. Therefore, this doesn't make her a very effective broadcaster because her actions and words are contradicting to one another and as a result, no one bothered to listen to what she had to say.

    The storyline had many twists that blew my mind. Since Sam has a radio station called Dear White People, someone created a party called

Dear Black People and that infuriated many black organizations on campus. Perhaps, the white students on campus thought it was perfectly fine to dress up as black celebrities, while some went as far as having a “blackface” since there was a radio station named Dear White People. However, the shocking part at the end of the episode was that while the black organizations were trying to figure out who sent the invitations, we soon uncovered that Sam was the person who sent out the invitations. She created the Dear Black People party to see if people would show up and that the invitations she sent out “...were to be met with derision but instead, exposed the post-racial institution for what they truly are.” This part of the episode was the last thing I expected to happen since she was apart of the main black organization on campus trying to figure out who sent the invitations but made me wonder what other ideas Sam would come up with throughout the season.

    Dear White People definitely has many plot twists and the first episode left me wondering what would happen next. However, I believe Sam had good intentions but in order for her message to get across, it's imperative to clarify her true beliefs. Nearly everything that she did in the first episode made me question anything she was saying or doing. I believe she has the potential to be a great broadcaster but only after she figures out who she is, what she wants, and what she believes in.