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* LetsGetDangerous: Lionel, during his 2nd time at the Blackface Party.
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* FireForgedFriends: Lionel and the Black Student Union, after he takes the reigns during Sam's [[HeroicBSOD brief departure]]
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*BlackBestFriend: Troy attempts to become this for Kurt, but [[GenreSavvy he's able to see through it.]]
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*ChekhovsSkill: Programming, or rather the aptitude at which the character can use it [[spoiler: Sam's friend Reggie boasts his skill of hacking early on during the BSU meeting, later Sam is called into the Dean of Students office to discuss a problem with the app that took the votes for the election, she won...but she kept winning]]
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*FireForgedFriends: Lionel and the Black Student Union, after he takes the reigns during Sam's [[HeroicBSOD brief departure]]
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* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: Sam, in the final act - After overhearing the cancellation of the Blackface party Sam forces the invites out anyway, but that's all, banking on the members of Pistache and their guests to do the rest.]]
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* EverythingIsRacist: Sam's defining characteristic for a majority of the film.
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-->'''Sam''' (on the radio: "Dear White people, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny dating a Black guy to piss off your parents is a form of racism]]."
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groups: tough-looking Black guys and [[{{CampGay}} limp-wristed Gay guys]], neither of whom he feels he identifies with. It [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadows]] the film's overarching theme of identity.
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** There are several younger Caucasian characters who fall under this, contrast to the many mild-mannered Black characters, tying into the film's theme of identity. This is Lampshaded by [[spoiler: Coco in her BigDamnSpeech at the end]].
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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Sofia is implied to be dating Troy for this reason. Unintentionally Lampshaded by Sam almost immediately after the couple is introduced:
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* StraightGay: Lionel. Those not listening close enough to some of his DeadpanSnarker comments might be shocked by his [[spoiler: BigDamnKiss with another man]] in the second act.
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* HowWeGotHere: The film begins with the main characters individually watching reacting to news reports of [[spoiler: the riot which breaks out at the Blackface party at the end of the film]], complete with a TitleCard that reads "Prologue."
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* StraightGay: Lionel. Those not listening close enough to some of his DeadpanSnarker comments might be shocked by his [[spoiler: BigDamnKiss with another man]] in the second act.
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* NWordPrivileges: Invoked by Troy: "You guys get country clubs. We get to say nigga."
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* JiveTurkey: Mitch. Even goes so far as to try and casually use "nigga." Troy stops him cold.
** Lampshaded when Coco makes hime reveal that he gets his "urban" slang...from Vermont.
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* MistakenNationality: Reggie apparently mistook Sam for Dominican at first.
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* [[spoiler: ButNotTooWhite: Sam does not once address her White father until the end of the movie.]]
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* BlackIsBiggerInBed: Sophia invokes this with Troy, somewhat to his chagrin.
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Tessa Thompson's Sam White gets this reaction repeatedly and resents it. Gabe goes so far as to accuse her of playing up a "Tragic Mulatto" front.
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* BlackAndNerdy: Sam and Lionel show shades of this, but the film implies Lionel's geekiness is yet another reason people ostracize him.
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''Dear White People'' is a film by Justin Simien. A satire at times, and a drama during others, the film follows four young black students as they try to find their identity while maneuvering through the complex racial politics of [[IvyLeagueForEveryone the prestigious Winchester Academy]].
Academy]]. A housing randomization initiative threatening to gut the Armstrong dorm, currently as a safe haven for racial minorities, causes racial tensions to rise for Sam, Lionel, Coco, and Troy as the Black Student Union tries to fight back, the school paper wants the scoop, and a smooth reality show producer seeks to reap the drama.
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*ButNotTooBlack: Coco invokes this for herself when joking that white girls' tans are getting darker than her own skin tone, "which...isn't ''that'' dark..."
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* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Every character in the film is working for or attending Winchester Academy at some capacity. The level of ambition most of the characters display makes it pretty clear that Winchester is at the same level of prestige as an Ivy League School.
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*AluminumChristmasTrees: Simien erased the [[{{Blackface}} Blackface Party]] for being too absurd...only to put it back in when he found out racist parties like that were happening in universities all over the country.
* BlackAndNerdy: Sam and Lionel show shades of this, but the film implies Lionel's geekiness is yet another reason people ostracize him.
* {{Blackface}}: The film's climax is oriented around a Blackface-themed party, where students dress up in offensive stereotypes and exhume their wildest racist fantasies. [[spoiler: This gets [[PlayedForDrama Played for Horror.]]]]
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*AluminumChristmasTrees: Simien erased the [[{{Blackface}} Blackface Party]] for being too absurd...only to put it back in when he found out racist parties like that were happening in universities all over the country.
* BlackAndNerdy: Sam and Lionel show shades of this, but the film implies Lionel's geekiness is yet another reason people ostracize him.
* {{Blackface}}: The film's climax is oriented around a Blackface-themed party, where students dress up in offensive stereotypes and exhume their wildest racist fantasies. [[spoiler: This gets [[PlayedForDrama Played for Horror.]]]]
* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Every character in the film is working for or attending Winchester Academy at some capacity. The level of ambition most of the characters display makes it pretty clear that Winchester is at the same level of prestige as an Ivy League School.
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