It is well-documented that Black people face bias on a consistent level in all fields. YouTube is no different. And a lot of this has to do with YouTube FANS succumbing to their own subconscious biases and only subscribing to people who look like them.
Tumblr has a strong Black community that is supportive of #BlackExcellence, #BlackGirlMagic, #BlackLivesMatter, #BlackoutDay etc., and it is free and takes just SECONDS to subscribe to a YouTube channel. You want to support Black businesses? Support Black YouTubers. That shit is a job.It takes hours/days to edit and promote a 3 minute video. There are tons of great channels of all races and ethnicities and genders and sexuality, but if we can have a moment of honesty, mediocre white channels still can experience explosive growth where that is simply not possible for Black channels–until now.
I’m imploring you (regardless of race) to SHARE this post and SUBSCRIBE to every channel therein. You don’t necessarily have to like or watch any of their videos, but you probably will and that’s great! But know that BRAND DEALS (read: THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS) go to creators with high subscriber counts, and we as a group have been disadvantaged since the beginning of the platform.
You lose NOTHING by subscribing to the channels here, but you will be making it possible for hundreds of talented (or at least relatively driven) Black creators to be seen by brands that are only looking at numbers. Help even the playing field!
THE ASK
I’m going to list some Black YouTube channels.
REBLOG THIS AND ADD HOWEVER MANY BLACK CHANNELS YOU CAN THINK OF
–avoiding repetition if possible. If you can’t think of any, LIKE THIS POST, AND SPEND 10 MINUTES SUBSCRIBING TO THEIR CHANNELS. We aren’t powerless. We never have been. Sometimes it just takes deliberate action to make things fair.
Stop asking if God sent this person to you when determining if you should date them
Every person in your life is God sent
The question should not be if God sent them
But if we have a relationship with God that’s strong enough to serve as the source of understanding if this person should STAY in your life
Sometimes God puts people in our life just to test us
To see how faithful we are, how focused we are, how committed we are
To see if you spent time praying for a godly partner and at the sight of being in a possible relationship you compromise everything God told you not to just so you won’t be alone
Each person God places in your life is there to test your ability to prioritize your faith
So yes
God put them in your life
Do you know God and God’s will for you enough to know if this person should stay or go?
If you’re going to date someone, you arent just dating their sweet side, you’re also dating their mood swings, their bad moods, their good moods, when they arent being themselves for weeks on end. You’re also dating everything else they have to offer
Black cartoonist Joshua Jackson posted a missive to Twitter on Friday appearing to show an administrator at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts dismissing their request for an application fee waiver by telling them they were likely too poor to attend the school anyhow.The school responded to Jackson Saturday with a tweet and email.
