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" If you're brave enough to search 'Franchesca Ramsey' on YouTube, you'll find a sea of ranting white dudes pinning the 'angry black woman' stereotype onto my smiling face. "

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" The Internet is a blessing and a curse. I mean, it's a place where lots of people can express themselves, which is amazing, but it's a place where a lot of people can express themselves that probably should keep those expressions to themselves. "

Franchesca Ramsey

Internet

People

Amazing

" 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.' "

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

" 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. "

" People that are not happy in their offline life tend to turn to trolling to fill the void. Oftentimes, the people saying racist things do not even necessarily believe in what they are saying. They are just looking for attention they do not get in real life. When you keep that in mind, it is easier to avoid indulging those people all together. "

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

" In reality, there are tons of unrepresented voices that we don't see in comedy. "

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

" I believe there's a huge conflict of interest when local prosecutors investigate cases of police violence within their own communities. "

" My dream has always been to be in entertainment. "

" Over the years, I've found that dealing with white people faux pas can be tricky. If I get upset, I could quickly be labeled the 'angry black girl.' But if I don't say anything or react too passively, I risk giving friends and acquaintances permission to continue crossing the line. "

" I think that the most important thing when it comes to achieving your dreams is just that you have to be realistic. "

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

Franchesca Ramsey

Direction

Love

" Social media, unfortunately, just makes it a lot easier to be jealous. It sets up false expectations of reality, so it's really easy to look at someone else's life online and assume that they have everything going great for them and that their life is perfect. "

" I'm somewhat wary of being called 'woke' because it feels absolute in a way that I don't think is realistic. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" People feel really uncomfortable talking about race and identity, largely because the subject is so taboo. "

" When I get to meet my audience when I go speak at colleges or when I'm walking down the street, it's been really eye-opening how many people have been touched to see someone that looks like them on television. "

" Black women come with all sorts of personalities. So it's time for media to wise up and show us in all of our complexity. "

" If I know you, and you want to touch my hair, you should ask me first, and most of the time I'll say yes. But if I don't know you, and you just reach out and touch me without asking or touch while simultaneously asking, I'm going to give you a side eye. "

Franchesca Ramsey

You

Eye

" I'm embarrassed to admit that I thought the world was ending my junior year of high school after a dye job reacted badly with my perm and left me with a sparse and burnt up hairline. Even though I went natural a few years later, my edges never seemed to recover. "

Franchesca Ramsey

Job

School

" The truth is that the performative nature of social media can turn even the simplest conversations into a WWE style cage match with emojis and Internet slang taking the place of pratfalls and over the top costumes. "

" 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! "

" The Internet is part of my job, so I have to approach it with a level of professionalism. I don't necessarily think it's changed who I am, but if anything, it's impacted the opportunities that have come into my life and the people that I've been able to develop relationships with - which I'm very fortunate and thankful for. "

" I was looking for help with styling my hair and was really struggling to find it, and I have very much been of the mind that if you see a need for something, and you can create it yourself, then go for it, so I started creating content around beauty. "

" 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! "

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

" 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. "

" I think that if you stay positive and remain positive, you can definitely achieve the things you set out to. "