For people of color, many moments in Netflix’s new series Dear White People feel instantly recognizable. But one in particular feels uncomfortably autobiographical for people of color with natural hair. The troubling scene comes in Dear White People 's "Chapter II," which is dedicated to Winchester University’s resident Afro-ed reporter, Lionel (DeRon Horton). Lionel heads to a theater kids' party to "find his label" after saying he doesn’t subscribe to calling himself gay. After a couple...
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