MTV's 'White People' documentary: 10 of the most stimulating tweets

MTV aired a documentary called White People on Wednesday night, which follows director and award-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas having conversations with white people about white privilege.

Of course, this is one of the most divisive subjects right now, so Twitter blew up with lively discussions. It was meant to get all involved in the discussion uncomfortable, so Vargas could get to the root of how they feel about growing up white.

“Let’s get uncomfortable together,” he told the crowd of mostly white young white men and women.

All Vargas, who identifies as an undocumented immigrant from the Philippines, was trying to do during the documentary was start a conversation that is often taboo amongst the white population. It certainly did, and here are some of the most thought-provoking tweets from viewers.

video via Facebook from MTV

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It amazes me how #WhitePeople are uncomfortable to talk about race relations when they started all the tension and racism

— Barack Osama (@WelfareWaster) July 23, 2015

Watching #WhitePeople made realize that white people are truly in denial about their privilege and constantly try to play the victim.

— Black Queens (@melaninist) July 23, 2015

White people tend to get uncomfortable when they are made to acknowledge the privilege they have. It's forced introspection. #WhitePeople

— Tai Beaux Heaux (@Weauxdette) July 23, 2015

"How did your parents talk to you about race?" White guy: "It wasn't talked about" Exactly the problem. #WhitePeople

— Olivia Bowles (@OliviaaJuanita) July 23, 2015

I watched the #whitepeople documentary and lmao, all these white people are so offended over something that was pretty lenient on them

— chellé (@notquitewhite) July 23, 2015

All hell would break loose if we made documentaries called black people and summarized yall the way yall did to #whitepeople

— Datt Muncan (@Twooooo_Chinzzz) July 23, 2015

Someone please show me where #whitepeople get all of this white privilege. I don't have any, so I'd just like to know where it is.

— тαyℓor (@BeerAndBoots_) July 23, 2015

Damn I wished I would have told my white friend who grew up poor, abused, hungry, homeless about his white privilege #WhitePeople

— mizztown (@justiceinthenow) July 23, 2015

The MTV show #WhitePeople premiers tonight. As if I needed to be reminded that being white makes me a terrible person. #sorrynotsorry

— David Alman (@david_alman) July 23, 2015

So tired of the #BlackPeople and #WhitePeople hashtags! We are all people, damn it.

— Kristin (@Kmcrandall0325) July 23, 2015