I attended the screening/discussion of the movie Dear White People during club hours on Thursday. I hadn’t seen or heard of the movie before then. I met up with sean who’s also in our FRO class before the movie. We sat next to each other. There were maybe about a dozen people that also came, which I found to be a little surprising, I thought more people would be interested in attending. The movie itself was pretty interesting and I did enjoy it. I did think some of the acting was a little weird and maybe seemed too dramatic. The overall plot made sense. The movie had to do with racial tensions between different groups of people on an ivy league campus.The climax of the movie is a “black face” Halloween party that a fraternity at the school throws that ends with a brawl between students. Dr. Arthur Lewin from the Black and Latino Studies Department led a conversation after the movie was over. I think he did a really nice job of giving everyone a chance to speak, he kept the discussion moving very quickly. The movie featured an on screen kiss between two male characters which, as it turns out, a couple of people during the discussion expressed theydidn’t appreciate. Someone stated they they felt the scene was a part of “Hollywood over representing gay people” in response to Dr. Lewin’s question which was whether any of us feel Hollywood is pushing a gay agenda. I happen to disagree with that person, and I did express that during the discussion. Dr. Lewin brought up some interesting things to think about including the question of whether or not black people can technically be racist. The discussion did make everyone think at least a little bit about their own views. I had a good experience and I would attend a similar event during club hours again.