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Watch Dear White People Movie Streaming Free, While the narrative can be sluggish, it does culminate in a potent climax that's brought on by Kurt and his ignorant cohorts. You see, the theme of their big Halloween bash this year is "Hip Hop," which for them means "purple drank," gold jewelry, XXXL t-shirts and, worst of all, actual blackface. (Before you call bull, the film's end credits provide depressingly recent photos of actual colleges doing this exact thing.) Anyway, without spoiling anything, said party comes to an exhilarating head that pays off -- definitely one of film's finest moments.

Of course, comparisons will likely be made to Spike Lee's films, both visually and structurally. In truth, Simien's work does bear some resemblance to School Daze and (to a lesser extent) Do the Right Thing. Even so, it's markedly more polished than either of those films, which is impressive considering this is Simien's first feature. But more to the point, Dear White People offers a sharp, candid dissection of American race relations, which in today's modern society isn't seen nearly often enough.

Dear White People: It’s rare for a film’s title to announce so plainly both its targeted audience and modus operandi, and in such few words. Then again, it’s not often that a debut feature that isn’t a documentary has such an unmistakable point of view, as writer-director Justin Simien demonstrates in his satirical romp about exploding racial tensions on a fictional, elite college campus. “Racism is over in America,” proclaims the white president (Peter Syvertsen) of Winchester College to Dean Fairbanks (Dennis Haysbert). “The only people who are thinking about it are Mexicans, probably.” The reaction shot of the bemused dean—who, we learn, graduated from their mutual alma mater summa cum laude while the president barely passed—says it all without saying a word.

That’s an example of Dear White People at its best—dialogue plucked perfectly from the comments section below any article or YouTube video about race, slyly presented in all its absurdity, little comment necessary. Unfortunately, Simien’s many smart, relevant thoughts on race are more often wrapped up in an impassioned, didactic bow that rarely feels fresh—or, more damagingly, funny.
If you pay attention to indie film, you know about Dear White People: The film’s incredible social media campaign has included an enticing viral trailer as well as popular video tie-ins, some of which include schooling white people on proper etiquette when interacting with blacks. Dear White People has a direct and pointed message for well-meaning whites about the myth of a post-racial society. But Dear White People is also meant to appeal to folks who resemble the director, now 31, who began working on the script eight years ago while a student at a small private California college: black millennials who have had the fortune of living at a time where there are more opportunities for them than ever before in history, but must also learn to navigate a tricky and uncomfortable world that has only changed so much. A world where their mere presence, however minimal, on the campuses of PWIs (“privileged white institutions”) is frequently challenged by unfounded laments on affirmative action, and being “twice as good” as white peers is still a mantra handed down by elders. Dear White People actively encourages those millennials in the audience to nod their heads in agreement or laugh heartily out of sadness as bigotry, microaggression, and flat-out racism are exposed and contested unabashedly.