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" I think, even before social media, it was really hard to not look at other classmates and say, 'Well I wish I looked like her.' Or even to look at celebrities and wish that 'I looked like them.' "

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" For me, social media isn't just about connecting with friends and sharing photos; it's a bigger, more tangled web that's led me to jobs working in television, speaking gigs around the country, and it's even helped me land my first book deal! "

Franchesca Ramsey

Book

Social Media

Media

" Do not feed the trolls! Racist commenters usually troll the Internet looking for people of color to harass online. If you avoid responding, oftentimes they will get bored and move on. "

" In many ways, being yourself is dispelling stereotypes. "

" I don't want to tell anybody who to vote for; I'd rather people just do their homework and make sure they vote for the person that they feel like is best to run our country. "

" For me, YouTube was about creating content because I had an interest in beauty and comedy and wanted to find a way to mix those two things, and I could do it from my home, own my own time. "

Franchesca Ramsey

Comedy

Home

" We can't all wake up and know everything. "

" With 'Decoded,' the goal is to just keep pushing forward and challenging ourselves to tackle important subjects in creative and funny ways. "

" It's just not funny to disrespect other people's beliefs, backgrounds, cultures, or identities when those are deeply rooted in longstanding oppression. Jokes that punch down on marginalized people require no creativity because they've existed since the beginning of time. It's like telling a knock-knock joke and believing you're Richard Pryor. "

" Becoming a police officer is a choice. It's not something you're born into. "

" My hair videos are usually styling videos answering people's questions about natural hair. "

" 'Lemonade' resonated with me, and I love the direction Beyonce is going with her music and her career. "

Franchesca Ramsey

Direction

Love

" I'm just really excited to expose people to different identities, different conversations but also to kind of reframe how they think about black women just by being myself. "

" Oftentimes people say to me, 'Oh I didn't know you could do so much with locs until I saw your videos or I saw photos of you at events.' So whenever I hear that people have been really inspired to experiment with their hair or their look because of me, it's very flattering and really cool. "

" I'm very self-deprecating, so I'm not afraid to make jokes at my own expense, and I've just found that makes people a little more comfortable and can open the door for people to feel a little bit more understanding and accepting of where you're coming from. "

" My consciousness is a process, and that includes my relationship with my husband. His being white doesn't make me any less black or invested in black issues, the same way him being a man doesn't make me any less of a feminist. "

Franchesca Ramsey

Black

Husband

" I can recall an instance where I was in a meeting at work giving a presentation in front of my board of directors. I was taking questions at the end and someone asks, 'Is that your hair real?' The man then reached out and started stroking my hair. It was completely bizarre to me. "

Franchesca Ramsey

Work

Giving

" I love Uniqlo for all the staples, but what I really love are the palazzo pants. They are just so flattering. "

" There are some white people who are very unhappy that I am in an interracial relationship. "

" YouTube is an amazing platform to talk about social issues because it gives people the ability to tell their own stories and reach audience around the world who may otherwise never be exposed to these people and conversations. "

" It's important to understand you can't remove the historical context of racially charged stereotypes or slurs as much as we like to pretend that we can. "

" My undergrad degree was in graphic design, and I don't work in that anymore, but I obviously do a lot of design and editing and Photoshopping, and the Adobe Creative Cloud is essential! "

" Unfortunately, oftentimes people hire and give opportunities to people that look like them. They don't realize how much their own internal lives or privilege gets in the way of looking for people outside of the traditional spaces where they always find people. "

" I think that everyone on the Internet has to deal with people saying negative things. It can be tough! "

" What I love most about SZA's music is her unflinching vulnerability. "

" I think that's the thing I love about making content online - you get instant response. "

" I enjoy working out because I struggle with anxiety, and exercise has been a great way for me to combat that. "

" I like to think my work is furthering black culture by educating and empowering black people. "

" As much as we try to deny it, media plays a huge part in how we view the world. "

" Beauty is really cool because it's something that can make you feel good about yourself. "

" When I started in 2007, YouTube was just a fun hobby for others and myself. "