Dear White People writer and director Justin Simien on why he wrote this story: — bet.com

"I started writing this movie some 10 years ago as an impulse because I didn't really see my story out there in the culture… I tried to put myself in the culture. That can be difficult when, along the way, there's really nothing there to tell you that you belong there… I’m very grateful. If you don't see yourself in the culture, please put yourself there, because we need you. We need to see the world from your eyes.” (Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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