Dear White People, the new Netflix series based on the film of the same name, has become one of the most talked about new shows this year.The series, created by Justin Simien, takes a humorous and unflinching look at racial politics by following the lives of several black students at a fictional and predominantly white Ivy League school.The show has sparked some interesting conversations about issues like blackface, interracial dating, colorism, and police brutality, to name a few. All of these issues are brought forth through amazingly witty, sharp, and perceptive writing, making for some of the best one-liners on any screen in years. Below, weve compiled some of the funniest, most poignant, perceptive and downright brilliant lines from the shows first season. Check it out (spoiler alert): 1. SAM:Dear white people, heres a little tip: When you ask someone who looks ethnically different what are you' the answer is usually a person about to slap the shit out of you. (Ep. 1)2. JOELLE: Youre not Rashida Jones biracial, youre Tracee Ellis Ross biracial ' people think of you as black! (Ep. 1)3. NARRATOR: Ah, the racially insensitive party. A mainstay of primarily white institutions since time immemorial. A chance for the white majority to celebrate marginalized communities by reinforcing the very stereotypes that oppress them. (Ep. 2)4. SAM: I like my men like I like my coffee ' full-bodied and preferably with Kenyan origins. (Ep. 4)5. COCO: Dear white people, having a black vibrator does not count as an interracial relationship. (Ep. 4)6. SAM: Equal' You could only vote if you owned land and didnt have a vagina. (Ep. 5)7. JOELLE: Sometimes being carefree and black is an act of revolution. (Ep. 5)8. REGGIE: I plan on marrying me a dark-skinned sister; have the ashiest black babies possible. (Ep. 5)9. SAM: Dear white people, our skin color is not a weapon. You dont have to be afraid of it. (Ep. 6) 10. COCO: As soon as you double down on your blackness, they will double down on their bullshit... Who cares if youre woke or not if youre dead'(Ep. 6)11. REGGIE: Gun in my face, your hate misplace, light-skinned, white skin but for me not the right skin.(Ep. 6)12. REGGIE: Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. For some of us maybe. Theres nothing self-evident about it.(Ep. 6)13. SAM: The whole movement is about pain. Thats why were out in these streets. (Ep. 6) 14. SAM: Were going to bring together every marginalized group on this campus and demand a protest! (Ep. 7)15. COCO: I like him black, actually black as hell and unapologetic about it.(Ep. 7)16. NARRATOR: If only the real world had a block button.(Ep. 8)17. TROY: So you didnt have a man around to show you whats what' LIONEL: Yup. Which is why I chose to be gay kidding. Thats not how it works.(Ep. 8)18. NEIKA: Youre here to show that not all black students want to burn this place down. Youre props.(Ep. 9)19. SAM: Troys got you drinking his Kool-Aid or his daddys Kool-Aid. But guess what' I aint thirsty, girl.(Ep. 9)20. COCO: Im smarter than you. Im more ambitious than you. Thirty years from now when I am the second black female president, all youll be able to do is think about me and I wont remember your name.(Ep. 9)21. SAM: Have you been to a Winchester townhall' Theyre so regimented even Kim Jung Uns like guys, chill, let somebody talk.(Ep. 10) 22. SAM: So because I call it out, racism is my fault'!23. KURT: The truth is, you like things to be fucked up so you can have a machine to rage against, Sharpton.SAM: None of this is a threat to you because you already have the power,Kurt. Cant you see that'(Ep. 10) -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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