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There’s online backlash against upcoming Netflix series “Dear White People” from those who believe, based on the show’s trailer, that the series is racist against white people.

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TV tonight: Joe Biden participates in town-hall special The show is based on the 2014 Justin Simien film and stars Logan Browning as Samantha White, a black college student who discusses being a black student on a predominantly white campus on her radio show. She focuses on blackface parties that create tension on the Ivy League campus.

The trailer has people calling for a boycott of the network and Simien, according to Masslive.com.

Simien wrote on Facebook “When the first trailer for the film dropped, I’ll admit the deluge of claims that I was a reverse racist and a ‘piece of (expletive) monkey that should shut up and go back to Africa’ really hurt. But now, I feel strangely encouraged. To see the sheer threat that people feel over a date announcement video featuring a woman of color (politely) asking not to be mocked makes it so clear why I made this show.”

“Dear White People” premieres on April 28.