Simien's film takes place at Winchester University, a predominantly white, prestigious university where we're introduced to six
significant characters: Sam White (Tessa Thompson), the biracial activist who overcompensates her blackness; Lionel Higgins (Tyler James Williams), the black homosexual who lives in an all - white residence building, and feels little sense
of belonging; Colandrea «CoCo» Conners (Teyonah Parris), the white - washed blogger who acknowledges racism yet chooses to ignore it in
fear of non-acceptance from the white majority; The Dean (Dennis Haysbert), who has worked hard his whole life solely to over-emphasize his superiority and intelligence towards white corporate
men, specifically the president
of Winchester; The Dean's son Troy (Brandon Bell), who spends his college career doing things to make his father happy and impress the white majority; and Kurt Fletcher (Kyle Gallner), the privileged, ignorant son
of the President
of Winchester.
Indeed, in the community
of scientists and scholars and wonks that thinks about geoengineering, there is a persistent worry that some changes in mindset might come terribly quickly: Specifically, they
fear that a
significant part
of the political class, especially in America, might move with Necker - cube instaneity from «climate change does not exist / is not
man made and thus is not a problem to address» to «climate change can be easily sorted out by geoengineering and is not a problem to address any further.»
However, while
men and women
fear working flexibly could damage their career, the majority
of professionals concur it has helped improve the representation
of women in executive and leadership roles and that the implementation
of flexible hours has lead to
significant gender equality.