#YouTubeBlack: Social Movement or Media Spectacle?

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As an internet educator and full time Black person, I spend most of my time keeping an eye on how social media platforms engage with BIPOC (Black, indigenous, People of Color) communities. Specifically, I like to analyze YouTube and how the site creates spaces for Black and queer people to gather. In following all of the ways that YouTube says that it serves Black and LGBTQIA+ creatives, the promotion…