Dear White People Trivia | 30 facts about the Netflix series

Dear White People is an American comedy-drama streaming television series on Netflix. It is based on the 2014 film of the same name.

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1. Dear White People is an American comedy-drama streaming television series on Netflix.
2. It follows several black college students at an Ivy League institution (the fictional Winchester University), touching on issues surrounding modern American race relations through a progressive lens.
3. It is based on the 2014 film of the same name.
4. The film’s writer and director, Justin Simien, returned to write and direct episodes of the series.
5. This series stars Logan Browning, Brandon P. Bell, DeRon Horton, and Antoinette Robertson.
6. With a few exceptions, generally season finales, each episode focuses on one particular character.
7. The series premiered on April 28, 2017.
8. On October 2, 2019, the series was renewed for its fourth and final season.
9. The fourth and last season was released on September 22, 2021.
10. Netflix initially ordered ten 30-minute episodes from Simien and Lionsgate, which distributed the film.
11. TV writer Yvette Lee Bowser, creator of Living Single, joined the series as showrunner and executive producer.
12. On June 30, 2017, Netflix renewed the series for a second season, which premiered on May 4, 2018
13. On June 21, 2018, the series was renewed for a third season, which was released on August 2, 2019.
14. Simien promoted longtime series writer Jaclyn Moore to co-showrunner for this concluding chapter.
15. It features a significant musical element.
16. The initial trailer for the TV show attracted some angry responses, with the series being accused by some Twitter users of being racist towards white people.
17. They called for a boycott of Netflix.
18. The YouTube trailer for the series received more dislikes than likes.
19. Series creator Justin Simien responded positively to the backlash, saying it reiterated the point of the series and brought more attention to it as well.
20. Lead actress Logan Browning noted that many of the critics who gave the show rave reviews were white.
21. Actor Jeremy Tardy announced he would not be returning for the fourth season, citing racism allegations against Lionsgate.
22. Specifically, Tardy and fellow actors were presented unequal pay and negotiation powers for their fourth-season roles.
23. Sam’s days and nights of word fight with an anonymous Twitter account is based on Justin Simien’s experiences with Twitter trolls after 1st season premiere. But according to his interview at IndieWire.com, he “never went as hard or as long as Sam did”, although it was necessary to realize how much energy he was wasting with it
24. Tessa Thompson, who played Sam White in the original movie makes a guest appearance in the 2nd Season as Rikki Carter.
25. During the pilot episode they are watching a TV show described as: “[It is] Not just a TV show “Defamation” Wednesdays are the epicenter of black college life.” It is clearly based on the TV show “Scandal” starring kerry Washington, as a strong black woman. It even shares the same flashing opening credits. The scene shown is much more racy than “Scandal” really is.
26. It was filmed at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
27. The characters Rikki Carter and Carson Rhodes are played by actors Tessa Thompson and Tyler James Williams, respectfully. Both were in the originally Dear White People movie and played Sam and Lionel, respectively.
28. Sam’s headboard is the same as Nola Darling’s in Spike Lee’s 1986 film She’s Gotta Have It. Same shape and style, they both hold candles as well.
29. There’s a movie poster hanged on Sam and Joelle’s room right above Joelle’s bed. The movie is 1993’s Poetic Justice, starring Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur.
30. Ashley Blaine Featherson (Joelle), Jemar Michael (Al) and Courtney Sauls (Brooke), they were all credited with different names in the movie, respectively: Curls, Smoothe and Wild.