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Netflix's Dear White People Trailer Pissing Off White People
Somehow a short trailer has been interpreted as calling for "white genocide" and sparked tweets calling the new Netflix series "racist." The show, based on the movie, drops April 28.
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Netflix's Dear White People Trailer Pissing Off White People

Somehow a short trailer has been interpreted as calling for "white genocide" and sparked tweets calling the new Netflix series "racist." The show, based on the movie, drops April 28.

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