lightskintwin
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Man, I hope this gets a season 2. Good thing we have Spike Lee's "She's Gotta Have It" series to look forward to this fall on Netflix.
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Dear White People |OT| Bet You Think The Show Is About You
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LookAtMeGo
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https://youtu.be/LxagtZcTobkIs a white person singing along to a rap song with "n#gga" in it considered offensive by most PoC? I've never really seen that before. I thought a lot of those songs purposely reuse a variation of the word n#gger as a way to reclaim it's purpose. So while n#gger is a word that is intended to insult / degrade, n#gga is a term of endearment? So I thought a Universal adoption of the word n#gga is exactly the point? I'd never personally feel comfortable saying the word even in the context of lyrics, but it is weird being at a party and having people cease to sing along to parts of these top charting songs. I don't mean to offend anyone, because I know I'm ignorant, I'm just curious
lightskintwin
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That's fuckin' hilarious. LOL
I gotta pick and choose my battles, I get uncomfortable as hell being one of few black people at a party and hearing white kids say Nigga while singing Broccoli or something, I don't like it, I really don't like anyone who is not Black saying it, but I don't go outta my way to tell people to stop at a party. Outside of that scenario though, someone may catch a hand to the face if I ask them to not say it around me and they still choose toIs a white person singing along to a rap song with "n#gga" in it considered offensive by most PoC? I've never really seen that before. I thought a lot of those songs purposely reuse a variation of the word n#gger as a way to reclaim it's purpose. So while n#gger is a word that is intended to insult / degrade, n#gga is a term of endearment? So I thought a Universal adoption of the word n#gga is exactly the point? I'd never personally feel comfortable saying the word even in the context of lyrics, but it is weird being at a party and having people cease to sing along to parts of these top charting songs. I don't mean to offend anyone, because I know I'm ignorant, I'm just curious
Darryl M R
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Episode 1 is killing it.
I remember Scandal watching parties in college.
"Nigga I should hit you for thinking that I would hit you."
I remember Scandal watching parties in college.
"Nigga I should hit you for thinking that I would hit you."
WrenchNinja
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Reggie is such an asshole
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Deleted member 17706
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Just finished watching the whole series last night. The whole thing was incredibly good, in my opinion. Obviously there was decent amount of exaggeration for comedic effect in the show, but I felt it was pretty realistic for the most part.
CrimsonSquall
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The cops stuff took me out of it tbh
Dark Metamorphosis
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Ugh I hate when racial consciousness/topics exclusively is brought up in a white/black context. African Americans are far from the only minorities affected by racism in the US, yet they are almost seen as ambassadors of the non-white side of the racial dialogue. Many minorities relate as little to black people as they do to white - blacks dont represent all of us. So dear black people: stop acting like racial representation is a white vs black thing.
lightskintwin
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WTF....
A Black person created this so obviously he's going to discuss it from his perspective. You sound really silly to think African Americans are obligated to speak about racial issues outside of their experiences. How about they're the ambassadors of racism in America because their art constantly chooses to reflect it rather than ignore it.
This is that form of veiled Anti-Blackness I hate.
CrimsonSquall
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It's not and for the most part they don't try and represent it as such. It's just to many, people feel that blacks are the most disadvantaged/appropriated POC overall and they are the loudest voice in the opposition
The_Magical_Amount
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Just finished bingeing all ten episodes. Overall, I really enjoyed it except for some of the dialogue and the African character.
Like someone else mentioned in this thread, the dialogue sounds Sorkin-esque. It's trying too hard to be witty and because of that the characters don't sound like real people sometimes.
The African character was another issue, probably because I'm a first generation African student. Besides one or two clever lines he was just used for his funny accent and ignorance of American culture. I'm kind of tired of the goofy foreigner trope, and using it shows a real weakness in Justin Simien's writing.
Like someone else mentioned in this thread, the dialogue sounds Sorkin-esque. It's trying too hard to be witty and because of that the characters don't sound like real people sometimes.
The African character was another issue, probably because I'm a first generation African student. Besides one or two clever lines he was just used for his funny accent and ignorance of American culture. I'm kind of tired of the goofy foreigner trope, and using it shows a real weakness in Justin Simien's writing.
Darryl M R
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This is such a terrible post.
War Peaceman
You're a big guy.
I thought this was really good. I was impressed with the way it presented different reactions to racism but took care to give each viewpoint a fair shake. I was worried at first that Sam was going to be the moral compass and that isn't so much the case. Coco was a particularly engaging character.
The voiceover and surreal elements felt a little uneven. I think I could with one but not the other. The humour just seemed all over the place - sometimes biting, sometimes absurd. The dog character was straight out of Parks and Rec. Also, too many sex scenes. They didn't add anything to the experience.
The voiceover and surreal elements felt a little uneven. I think I could with one but not the other. The humour just seemed all over the place - sometimes biting, sometimes absurd. The dog character was straight out of Parks and Rec. Also, too many sex scenes. They didn't add anything to the experience.
Whose alt is this
Calm Mind
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when reggie said "I think I got what I needed"
+1
Massive Duck. C.M.
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If you don't like black people why are you watching this show
why do they think it's bad? All I'm seeing is praise for it
Damn those black people stealing all the spotlight, how dare they speak out on their experiences and not all experiences!
lightskintwin
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His post reminded me of this.
https://twitter.com/angryasianman/status/666014960833589248
When you don't get racial representation in the majority of American media that's predominately White, you start going for the minority group that's made some progress despite the numerous obstacles they had to overcome in order to achieve that.
#Allexperiencesmatter
PixelatedBookake
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Same here with your feelings on the African character. I'm first generation too, and it sucks how this aspect of black identity was turned into a joke. Granted, I'm only on the fifth episode.
Calm Mind
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#AllExperiencesMatter
Calm Mind
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pfft Is this a serious post?
Dear All People
Massive Duck. C.M.
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Getting mad at Dear White People for not also focusing on Asian/Hispanic experiences is like getting mad at George Takei's Allegiance for not looking at the Emmit Till case
Is a white person singing along to a rap song with "n#gga" in it considered offensive by most PoC? I've never really seen that before. I thought a lot of those songs purposely reuse a variation of the word n#gger as a way to reclaim it's purpose. So while n#gger is a word that is intended to insult / degrade, n#gga is a term of endearment? So I thought a Universal adoption of the word n#gga is exactly the point? I'd never personally feel comfortable saying the word even in the context of lyrics, but it is weird being at a party and having people cease to sing along to parts of these top charting songs. I don't mean to offend anyone, because I know I'm ignorant, I'm just curious
This is extremely offensive.
Nigga it's a show from the black perspective, stop it
Season 2?
It's a show about black people and I don't think in general that black people attempt to represent all minority groups, like ever. In fact, what I often see is other minority groups calling out black people for not defending them as well as if we should shoulder all minority experiences on our back.
richardhawk
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The episode directed by Barry Jenkins is something else man. Powerful.
I couldn't get into the movie. Watched a bit and it did nothing for me. This show is def entertaining. Was able to finish it this weekend. Was going to try and watch the movie but it seems it's off Netflix.
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All Lives Matter?
Aaronology
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No words.
The hell is this garbage??
lol, righto. i'll bring this up at the next black people meeting/dominoes tournament. the blacks will stop acting like we're hogging up all the racism and you can stop speaking into the wind.
your servants truly, - black people.
Darryl M R
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We aren't playing spades next meeting? Damn.
back room with the dice games. you know we always play spades. this is just the charity dominos/hotdog roast/crab feast for charity.
tournament.
SolidChamp
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Is there a lot of sex in this show? I might not want to watch with certain people due to awkwardness if that's the case.
I watched a couple of episodes and I have to say that there is a LOT of sex in this show.
DrForester
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There is a lot of sex in the show.
SolidChamp
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Damn. Good to know.
I was caught off guard by how much sex was in the first few episodes of Jessica Jones. It was awesome, but still, did not expect it.
Guess I'll watch this one alone.
I was caught off guard by how much sex was in the first few episodes of Jessica Jones. It was awesome, but still, did not expect it.
Guess I'll watch this one alone.
I'm on episode two and I've had to worry if my roommate thinks I'm watching porn
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