Dear White People

As Samantha White, a fiery media arts major at Winchester University, unleashes her biting critiques on white privilege and systemic racism through her popular radio show Dear White People and scathing self-published book Ebony and Ivy, she unwittingly ignites a powder keg of controversy on campus. The stakes escalate when Sam announces her bid to become head resident of Armstrong/Parker, the historic black dormitory, pitting her against Troy Fairbanks, an erstwhile beau harboring comedic aspirations but pressured by his dean father to pursue law and avoid being typecast as "the angry black man." Meanwhile, Coco is frantically trying to secure a reality TV show featuring herself, but producers are more interested in spotlighting the lighter-skinned Sam, whose provocative views have garnered national attention. Lionel Higgins, a quietly determined black gay student, seizes an opportunity to find his voice at Winchester by penning a thought-provoking piece on Sam and the complex experience of being black on campus for the esteemed school newspaper. However, when Kurt, the privileged son of the university president, and his frat throw a crass blackface party in response to Sam's unapologetic show, tensions reach a boiling point as black students converge at the scene, precipitating a chaotic confrontation that leaves no one unaffected.