Dear White People Trailer Takes a Shot at Fox News

If the new film Dear White People was trying to get Fox News’ attention, this trailer might just do the trick. The movie, whose first-time writer/director Justin Simien won a “breakthrough talent” award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, employs biting satire to bring a rarely-seen dialogue about race to the big screen.

The protagonist, a biracial student named Samantha White (played by Tessa Thompson), uses her college radio platform to lecture the white students at the fictional Ivy League school about how to interact with black people.

“Dear white people,” Sam says into the microphone in the trailer, “the minimum requirement of black friends needed to not seem racist has just been raised to two. Sorry, but you’re weed man, Tyrone, does not count.”

“Dear white people, please stop touching my hair.” she says. “Does this look like a petting zoo to you?”

And, “This just in: Dating a black person to piss off your parents is a form of racism.”

Later, when a white student asks her how she would feel if someone started a “Dear Black People” radio show, she replies, “No need. Mass media from Fox News makes it clear what white people think of us.”

Perhaps she was thinking about Bill O’Reilly’s dissertations on Beyoncé.

Watch video below, via YouTube:

[Photo via screengrab]

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