Dear White People (2017): Season 2

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Netflix | Season Premiere Date: May 4, 2018

Summary: Winchester University struggles to move on from the protests. Lena Waithe appears as P Ninny, who is on a reality show some students watch.

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

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Season 2 Episodes

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S2:E10. Chapter X
Air Date: May 4, 2018
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S2:E9. Chapter IX
Air Date: May 4, 2018
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S2:E8. Chapter VIII
Air Date: May 4, 2018

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IndieWire Ben Travers

May 7, 2018

Season 2 is a statement of understanding as much as it’s a means to help viewers engage with what’s happening in American culture. Simien and his talented writing staff, directors, and cast are more confident with a season under their belts, and that conviction burns through the screen. Read full review

Dan Fienberg

May 7, 2018

Maybe Dear White People isn't sure yet how to also be a generation-spanning mystery. Watching the show built over two seasons leaves me with little doubt that Dear White People can grow into that genre as well. In a Too Much TV landscape, Dear White People is a show I didn't write about at all in its first season, but it has become one of the best things on TV and deserves to be discussed as such. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

May 7, 2018

The season does sag a bit around 206-7, but it’s forgivable given how fascinatingly it ends, with a series of episodes that are moving, funny, and brilliant. Read full review

Matt Zoller Seitz

May 8, 2018

Dear White People has leveled up in quality during its second season--no small feat considering how consistently strong it was during its freshman outing. Read full review

Michael Haigis

May 7, 2018

The series is both emotionally resonant and thought-provoking when motivations are complicated by personal experience, such as Sam's biracial parentage, or Coco's resentment of her white peers. Read full review

Sonia Saraiya

May 1, 2018

It would be great if we could get 10 more episodes of Dear White People as fast as humanly possible, so as to snack on another round of these addictive, delectably formed installments. Read full review

Sophie Gilbert

May 7, 2018

The series doesn’t always perfectly balance its vibrant sense of humor with its more serious interrogations. But for the most part, it’s as entertaining as it is pointed, deepening the topics of Season 1 by alluding to the reality outside the show. Read full review

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Moraulf

May 5, 2018

This show is fantastic; season 2 picks up right where season 1 left off. I'm pretty amused by the terror this show evokes in some of the users here - it's kind of hilarious reading comments like "why can't there be a show called 'Dear Black People'?" etc. You guys: the show isn't 100%This show is fantastic; season 2 picks up right where season 1 left off. I'm pretty amused by the terror this show evokes in some of the users here - it's kind of hilarious reading comments like "why can't there be a show called 'Dear Black People'?" etc. You guys: the show isn't 100% realistic but the issues that it addresses - microaggressions, identity formation, racial trauma, etc. - are real. The perspective from which these issues are being addressed assumes that black people sometimes don't see or experience the world the way white people do, and that is also real. But it isn't scary mind poison, it's just a way to see from another person's perspective. It's nice to watch something with such a specific point of view.… Expand

14 of 47 users found this helpful1433

mary654

May 4, 2018

Dear White People is one of the best shows today. Smart, funny and really entertaining.

11 of 39 users found this helpful1128

juniortopwb

May 4, 2018

Volume II is even better than the first one. Dear White People is sharper, funnier and important as always.

12 of 41 users found this helpful1229

TimW001

Jun 5, 2018

This is a strong show. Believable characters, great directions, great writing, great acting. It's a show which isn't shy with its themes and deals with all sides and tries to reflect reality. The entire show is worth watching but season two is an outstanding season.

4 of 23 users found this helpful419

rox_roli

Jun 22, 2018

Better than the first season. Consistent, honest, moving. Watch it! It's real good, *and* also important

4 of 19 users found this helpful415

Masquic

May 11, 2018

This season is way better than the first one. DWP is one of the best shows that Netflix have made. By some comments, we realize how IMPORTANT and necessary this show is.

6 of 30 users found this helpful624

ramirocastellon

Mar 14, 2019

Reviews are clearly fake. This show is garbage, and its second season is as bad and disgusting as the first one. Its a racist, humorless, bad acted, and unrealistic show with no possible redemption whatsoever. It has, without a shadow of a doubt, an inherent worthless and repulsively obviousReviews are clearly fake. This show is garbage, and its second season is as bad and disgusting as the first one. Its a racist, humorless, bad acted, and unrealistic show with no possible redemption whatsoever. It has, without a shadow of a doubt, an inherent worthless and repulsively obvious political agenda which is outstandingly annoying, no matter your own political views. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME, this is crap.… Expand

5 of 10 users found this helpful55

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Seasons & Episodes

84

Series Overview
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: September 22, 2021
Season 3

78
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: August 2, 2019
Season 2

89
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: May 4, 2018
- tbd
  S2:E10. Chapter X
  Air Date: May 4, 2018
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  S2:E9. Chapter IX
  Air Date: May 4, 2018
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  S2:E8. Chapter VIII
  Air Date: May 4, 2018
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  S2:E7. Chapter VII
  Air Date: May 4, 2018
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  S2:E6. Chapter VI
  Air Date: May 4, 2018
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  S2:E5. Chapter V
  Air Date: May 4, 2018
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  S2:E4. Chapter IV
  Air Date: May 4, 2018
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  S2:E3. Chapter III
  Air Date: May 4, 2018
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  S2:E2. Chapter II
  Air Date: May 4, 2018
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  S2:E1. Chapter I
  Air Date: May 4, 2018
Season 1

84
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: April 28, 2017