Dear White People follows several black students at an overwhelmingly white Ivy League college as they navigate social injustices and cultural biases through a satirical lens. The film explores themes of race relations, political correctness, and free speech, culminating in a riot on campus. Through the eyes of the main characters, the movie examines the challenges faced by young black students in a predominantly white academic environment.
Herman and Pat attend a dance at a co-ed school, with Pat dressing as a girl to become Herman's partner in an effort to avoid two homely girls forced upon them by the dean of women. Herman had been counting on his girl to save him but she hasn't arrived. When she does arrive, Herman is in trouble trying to explain his "date," Pat as a girl.
At the Dimsdale Hall Finishing School, Assistant Dean Emily Godsall declares that any student who associates herself with swing music will be severely punished. Complications develop when she finds out that her boyfriend, a chemistry professor at the school, is also a well-known swing bandleader.
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