Netflix wants more of Dear White People, ordering a second season of the critically acclaimed original series. Season one premiered in April 2017 and season two will start production later this year. Per Netflix, the second season will consist of 10 episodes.
The series was created by executive producer Justin Simien. Stephanie Allain and Julia Lebedev are also on board as executive producers, with Yvette Lee Bowser returning as showrunner. Dear White People stars Logan Browning, Brandon P. Bell, Antoinette Robertson, DeRon Horton, John Patrick Amedori, Ashley Blaine Featherson and Marque Richardson.
The Plot: Set against the backdrop of a predominantly white Ivy League university where racial tensions bubble just below the surface, Dear White People is a send-up of the now post “post-racial” America that weaves together a universal story of finding one’s own identity and forging a wholly unique path. The satirical series — which picks up where the acclaimed 2014 film by the same name left off – follows a group of Winchester University’s students of color as they navigate a diverse landscape of social injustice, cultural bias, political correctness (or lack thereof) and activism in the millennial age. Through an absurdist lens, Dear White People utilizes biting irony, self-deprecation and sometimes brutal honesty to hold up a mirror to the issues plaguing society today, all the while leading with laughter.
