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For those who erroneously believe that privilege-checking only applies to white people, Youtube star Kat Lazo’s new video on privilege within the Latinx community urges them to think again.

    The following post originally appeared on The Smoking Section and was written by Bansky. It’s original title is, “An Open Letter to White YouTube Pranksters.” By: Bansky Hey White people, come gather around, I have some very important advice I need to share with all of you en masse. This is potentially life-altering and life-saving. […]

Earlier this year, YouTube comic, Magic of Rahat performed the ultimate stunt on a homeless man; he decided to give a lottery ticket to him. Beforehand, he gave the store clerk $1,000 to pretend it was a winning ticket and to give the cash to the unsuspecting man. After the video went viral, Rahat created […]

A California college student has posted surveillance footage on YouTube of what appears to show her getting assaulted by a police officer.  Aloni Bonilla, a math major at Cal State Los Angeles, was pulled over by police in March of 2012 for suspicion of driving under the influence. After being escorted to the hospital for […]

Two teen boys have caused outrage in New Zealand after a Facebook group and video surfaced of them boasting about raping young girls.

It can be argued (quite easily), that Kanye West and Kim Kardashian are fans of the spotlight, but one memorable moment has landed the founder of YouTube in a lawsuit. Kimye filed a lawsuit Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court against Chad Hurley for releasing highlights from Kanye’s proposal on Oct. 21.

It’s no secret that the African American community has a long way to go when it comes to accepting homosexuality. Our deep-rooted spirituality as well as the population’s strong commitment to gender roles are partially to thank for that. But a new YouTube series is challenging those ideas.

Issa Rae’s popular webseries, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl is now part of hip hop producer/entrepreneur Pharrell Williams’ new YouTube channel, ‘i am Other.’ Will this bring greater success for Issa Rae?

KRS-One’s latest music video for a track called “Real Terrorism” has been banned from YouTube, one of very few videos to receive such a response from the generally-lax video sharing site. Featuring protégé Greenie, “Real Terrorism” takes America to task for atrocities committed against innocent civilians around the world, while calling into question our use […]

People of Color are Leading YouTube’s Growth Jorge Rivas, Colorlines | July 28, 2011 Black and Latino users are the most active video consumers online, according to a report released on Tuesday by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The report found more people are using video-sharing sites. Overall, 69 percent of white Internet users […]

Week One: Penelope French Introducing Penelope French — the gypsy soul healer and Soul Empress whose sound continues a long lineage of music shaped by Black struggle, memory, and imagination. French’s work sits at the intersection of storytelling and sonic experimentation, drawing from traditions of soul while bending genre boundaries to create something distinctly her […]

Directed by Cai Thomas, Change the Name follows Black girls on Chicago’s West Side as they organize to rename a school that still bears the legacy of an enslaver. Through Thomas’s attentive lens, we don’t just see a campaign—we witness strategy, tenderness, and clarity from young people who are shaping the city in their image. […]