issue through comedy and satire. it is called dear white people . a group of black students at a fictional, predominantly white, ivy league school. we will speak with actor marque richardson, an award-winning first-time director justin simien. i say to all the white people in the audience, on behalf of all of the black people in the world, you have the right to left. you get a free honorary lacquered with the two sundance ticket. it is meant to be a satire. i think if you start with the title for you get the knee-jerk reaction it is going to be an hour-long indictment, you miss the point. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. president obama is holding an emergency meeting with g-7 leaders in the netherlands today following russia s annexation of crimea. the session comes as the russian government continues to strengthen its control of crimea , seizing more bases and attaining detaining ukr
The controversial Netflix series Dear White People was finally released on Friday, April 28, and let me tell you, the "dear" in the title is NOT a term of endearment. In fact, to quote one of the show's writers, F White People would probably have been more appropriate, with cops and Republicans being singled out for particular hatred.