Dear White People's Biggest Success? Getting To Grips With Colorism

Minda Honey, Guardian Unlimited: Film
Mon, 05/01/2017 - 11:58am

The original film was criticized for the way it dealt with skin-color prejudice within the black community, but the new series shows why skin tone mattersSpoiler alert: plot details of Dear White People are revealed in this blogIn 2012, when Justin Simien was trying to fund Dear White People, the response from black millennials was one of excitement and disbelief: could Simien and his crew really succeed in making such a provocative movie?

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Dear White People's Biggest Success? Getting To Grips With Colorism

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