Loading ...- Controversial new programme has garnered a huge backlash
- Numerous subscribers have cancelled their Netflix service in response
- Users slammed the forthcoming show as ‘not reverse racism, just racism’
- One of it’s writers, Jack Moore, posted on Twitter: ‘F***white people’
- It’s claimed the company deleted 100,000 negative comments from YouTube
More than 250,000 ‘dislikes’ were registered for the Dear White People preview on Friday, just 24 hours after it was officially uploaded to YouTube.
But the true scale of the discontent could be much higher after claims the online broadcaster deleted both a million views and 100,000 accompanying negative comments.
The 30-second clip opens with a collection of Caucasian stereotypes and the show’s African American protagonist, Samantha, hectoring students at the fictional Winchester University.
‘Dear white people,’ she says. ‘Here’s a list of acceptable Halloween costumes: pirate, slutty nurse, any of our first 43 presidents. Top of the list of unacceptable costumes: me.’
It then shows a number of college students sporting so-called ‘black face’ and the violent responses that follow.
The preview comes ahead of the series premiere on April 24.