‘Dear White People’ Vol. 2 is a Black Twitter Timeline in the Flesh

Get ready to dive back into campus life at Winchester University with Dear White People Vol. 2, dropping today on Netflix. This is the second season of the TV show based on the hit indie film of the same name, but y’all should be hip to that by now. We join back up with Sam (Logan Browning), Joelle (Ashley Blaine Featherston), and the rest of the crew in the newly-integrated Armstrong Parker (AP) house. It’s two weeks after the events of the Vol. 1 finale and everyone is dealing with the fallout. I’d tell you more, but I’m planning on keeping this review as spoiler-free as I possibly can. But no worries, Dear White People Vol. 2 is pretty easy to binge. If you bout that life, you can knock out the 10 30-minute “Chapters” in no time. First things first, if you enjoyed the first season of Dear White People you’ll definitely enjoy this one. All the familiar faces are back and doing their damndest to come out on top of some messy situations. Like I said, we’re dealing with the fallout of Troy’s window-smashing, Reggie’s ugly run-in with a trigger-happy campus cop, Lionel’s explosive exposé, and the night of dueling protests.

Tensions at Winchester are clearly high and the series takes on a slightly more somber tone than in its first season. The shift makes it a little harder to binge than Vol. 1, but not enough to make the show feel unfamiliar or turn off fans. The students are dealing with some pretty hefty issues so it’s understandable that things would take a darker turn. It …