The new trailer for MTV's 'White People' isn't afraid to get awkward
“I’m trying to be careful here.”
“I don’t want to offend people.”
“I feel like you guys are attacking me now.”
“I’m getting uncomfortable.”
The new trailer for MTV‘s upcoming documentary White People is here, and it’s cringe-inducing.
The documentary is a new project from Pulitzer Prize-winner Jose Antonio Vargas that takes an unapologetic look at the idea of white privilege in modern America. The website for MTV’s Look Different campaign calls the project “a groundbreaking documentary on race that aims to answer the question, ‘What does it mean to be white?’ from the viewpoint of young white people living in America today.”
And if it sounds like uncomfortable and volatile subject matter, well — that’s the whole point. As Vargas gleefully says in the last few seconds of the trailer, “This is great! Let’s get all uncomfortable together!”
