CULTURETECHLENSDear White People
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Combined Graph record U-03193 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-1324. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Dear White People is a Netflix television series created by Justin Simien, adapted from his Sundance film; it debuted April 28, 2017 and ran four seasons (40 episodes) through September 22, 2021, starring Logan Browning as Samantha White and DeRon Horton as Lionel Higgins. (Wave-7: The Futon Critic showatch, http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/dear-white-people/; second source: Entertainment Tonight exclusive interview with Justin Simien on the Dear White People Netflix series, naming Samantha White (Logan Browning) and Lionel Higgins (DeRon Horton), https://www.etonline.com/tv/216281_justin_simien_builds_on_the_momentum_of_dear_white_people?amp)
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Dear White People is a Netflix television series created by Justin Simien, adapted from his Sundance film; it debuted April 28, 2017 and ran four seasons (40 episodes) through September 22, 2021, starring Logan Browning as Samantha White and DeRon Horton as Lionel Higgins. (Wave-7: The Futon Critic showatch, http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/dear-white-people/; second source: Entertainment Tonight exclusive interview with Justin Simien on the Dear White People Netflix series, naming Samantha White (Logan Browning) and Lionel Higgins (DeRon Horton), https://www.etonline.com/tv/216281_justin_simien_builds_on_the_momentum_of_dear_white_people?amp)
The record
- Year: 2017
- Work type: tv_series
Relationships
- Justin Simien — authored by
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- Lionel Higgins — featured in → this record
- Sam White — featured in → this record
Sources
- https://www.etonline.com/tv/216281_justin_simien_builds_on_the_momentum_of_dear_white_people?amp (verification source · master store)
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Dear White People is a Netflix television series created by Justin Simien, adapted from his Sundance film; it debuted April 28, 2017 and ran four seasons (40 episodes) through September 22, 2021, starring Logan Browning as Samantha White and DeRon Horton as Lionel Higgins. (Wave-7: The Futon Critic showatch, http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/dear-white-people/; second source: Entertainment Tonight exclusive interview with Justin Simien on the Dear White People Netflix series, naming Samantha White (Logan Browning) and Lionel Higgins (DeRon Horton), https://www.etonline.com/tv/216281_justin_simien_builds_on_the_momentum_of_dear_white_people?amp)
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