The trailer for the upcoming Netflix series "Dear White People" has prompted complaints and calls for a boycott of the streaming subscription service.

Based on the 2014 Justin Simien movie of the same name, the Netflix series stars Logan Browning as Samantha White, a black college student who hosts a radio show about being a minority at a predominantly white university. "Dear White People" focuses on blackface parties that ignite tensions on the Ivy League campus and prompt White to become more pointed in her critique of the white student body.

The trailer has sparked complaints on social media that Netflix and creator Justin Simien were prejudiced against white Americans and calls for a boycott.

Simien responded to the backlash 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," Simien wrote. "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."

The 10-episode first season will premiere on April 28.

A sampling of the tweets complaining about "Dear White People":

So I guess a show about a race talking about everything that's wrong with another race is not racist if it's about White People. Got it! 👍🏼 — Irma (@irmahinojosa_) February 8, 2017