'Dear White People' sparks calls for Netflix boycott. With the announcement that Netflix is set to stream the TV adaptation of the 2014 film Dear White People, some people have cancelled their subscription in protest. Set in a predominantly white Ivy League college, the 10-episode adaptation focuses on a series of racially insensitive parties that spark tensions on campus and inspire one of the characters to become more direct in her critiques of the school's white student population. On Twitter, Tim Treadstone, a former Buzzfeed writer and outspoken member of the alt-right Twitter mob, argued that Dear White People was promoting "white genocide" and encouraged his followers to cancel their Netflix subscriptions in protest