times in the dialogue, but we're done. for black folks, we're experiencing ptsd. >> reporter: justin makes that a point by revisiting reggie's pain throughout the series. >> why are you here? >> so i won't be labeled the angry black man. >> i think part of why mental health is a taboo in the black community is because we're all kind of in survival mode, we've been in survival mode for generations now. we don't realize that we're not fine. >> you cannot let those few seconds become your whole life! >> reporter: using the pen to push for progress, the team behind "dear white people" believe that lifting up a truth, a shared experience, can lead to a more empathetic society. >> something justin said to me before we even started filming the show is that playing this character might change somebody's life, or save somebody's life. >> i'm grateful that we're on a show that can allow kids, or whoever, to really have a place to kind of explore different views or feel like they can attach to a...