Dear White People's Ashley Blaine Featherson Is Our Best Friend in Our Heads—but She's Nobody's Sidekick

There's a very short list of onscreen characters we wish we were besties with, let alone actual actresses-Tracee Ellis Ross and Insecure's Natasha Rothwell immediately come to mind. But if you're a fan of Netflix's Dear White People, the character "Joelle Brooks," played by Ashley Blaine Featherson, is likely another"