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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:03.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul: And now that I'm in LA, I'm hoping I'll be doing a lot more collabs. \NYolanda: Yeah. That'd be cool.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.58,0:00:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul: I'm excited for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.86,0:00:07.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi PaulTalkers! I'm Paul Roth,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.95,0:00:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not from DC anymore! Now I'm from Los Angeles!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.76,0:00:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,haha! [Yolanda laughs] And today I'm joined by my friend,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.33,0:00:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul: ah, introduce yourself? \NYolanda: my name is Yolanda and... \NPaul: And your channel?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.21,0:00:26.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yolanda: And my channel is just my name and I make videos about diversity\Nfocusing on film and tv.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.46,0:00:28.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul: And you also have a channel about Chris Pine--\NYolanda: Ah, yes--
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.52,0:00:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P talking over Y: I mean Chris Evans [laughs]\NY: Well, Chris Evans. I also have a, I have a collab channel that i always forget to plug
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.42,0:00:37.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: So that's great. Great reminder! It's called\NDear Chris Evans, we make videos to Chris
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.89,0:00:41.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Evans, but also about Marvel and about\Nlife. And that's with my friend Farrah.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.49,0:00:46.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: Yaaaay! And occasionally guest stars, I've seen. \NY: Yeah we've had some guests on there. If you ever want to be
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.89,0:00:51.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on Dear Chris Evans... Tweet at me!\N[Paul rolls chair toward camera]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.72,0:00:58.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: Chris Evans, if you'd like to be on Dear\NChris Evans, please tweet @ Y y o l a n d a a!\NY over P: YES!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.12,0:01:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: That's the one!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.50,0:01:01.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[theme music]\N[Yolanda laugsh]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.14,0:01:10.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: We're going to talk about what certain things me to us\Nand we're going to start off by talking about the
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.39,0:01:12.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the, the big one...\NYouTube.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.80,0:01:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: I mean, I feel like I've been on\NYouTube, and watching youtube for so
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.69,0:01:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,long, that I think the first time I\Nreally thought,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.71,0:01:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh! I feel validated in this hobby" was\Nwhen i went to my first VidCon in 2012.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.14,0:01:30.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that was when like you'd have all these like-\Nminded people who are like, "Yeah,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.31,0:01:35.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,online media is a cool thing. YouTube is,\Nlike, this amazing thing!" And for me it's
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.71,0:01:40.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been like this great community where, you\Nknow, no matter what happens in life, or
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.39,0:01:42.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter what changes, YouTube is still\Nthere.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.91,0:01:48.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: So I think YouTube is kinda like this constant for me.\NP: I feel very similar feelings about
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.36,0:01:53.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: youtube. Um, especially because for most of\Nmy life, I've been trying to find a
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.26,0:01:58.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,community where I fit in. And I had various, like, geographically-centered communities. You know:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.60,0:02:02.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,high school, college, uh, things in the DC\Narea where I lived. But when i discovered
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.71,0:02:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,YouTube, I discovered all of a sudden I could connect with\Nnot just people were nearby, who may or
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.60,0:02:11.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: may not have anything else in common\Nwith me besides geography [Y: Right] but people
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.05,0:02:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who literally, like, care about the things that I\Ncare about,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.68,0:02:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: from the opposite side of the world! That's amazing!\NY: Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.79,0:02:24.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: And as I've just discovered from my move\Nfrom DC to LA, this is a community that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.13,0:02:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can stay with me wherever I go!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.42,0:02:29.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: So I've now crossed the country and i'm still on\Nyoutube
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.20,0:02:32.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, it's really kinda like my, my online home.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.38,0:02:35.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: Next question, which is: What does VidCon\Nmean to you?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.95,0:02:37.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: Yeah. Vidcon is like
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.73,0:02:40.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the internet in real life! And it's wonderful!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.73,0:02:44.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: And you're just like-- I always forget\Nto post on social media, because it
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.87,0:02:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: feels like [Paul laughs] you're living IN social media,\Nand inside the internet. And you have, like, all
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.40,0:02:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these faces that you've seen for so long,\Nin real life and, like, "Oh, this is awesome!"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.21,0:03:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: and it's just like this great gathering\Nof YouTube nerds and peopl who just wanna youtube.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.85,0:03:06.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's wonderful! If you've never been, I'm\Nsorry, but i hope you can go soon.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.53,0:03:10.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: When I went to my first VidCon, only three years ago!\NI mostly went because I'd made connections with
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.46,0:03:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people who I really liked and they said,\N"Hey! Are we gonna see you at VidCon?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.56,0:03:20.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was like, "I don't know what that is!" I've always\Ntried to connect with people who have a
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.42,0:03:22.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,small subscriber count.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.31,0:03:26.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: So my fellow vloggers are people who have, like,\Nyou know, a hundred subscribers, fifty subscribers,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.90,0:03:30.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe a thousand subscribers. Those, those\Nwere my people. And when I discovered I could actually, like,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.74,0:03:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: meet them? Face to face? That was it. I was\Nsold. I was immediately sold. I went to VidCon,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.44,0:03:42.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was great! Like, I got recognized?! people\Nknew who I was from YouTube!?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.17,0:03:47.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: (in squeaky high voice): It was my first VidCon! \N(normal voice) There's just something about the spirit of, like, "We're
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.81,0:03:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this together!" that permeates VidCon\N(Y: Yeah!) that makes me just love coming back to it every year
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.67,0:03:56.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: I think every time, too, I'm like, "Maybe\Nthis will be my last year!" But there's
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.84,0:03:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,always reasons, you're like, "Nope. I have to\Ngo next year, because these people are
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.99,0:04:01.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming next year, too!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.13,0:04:05.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: So, it's like a never ending cycle, like,\NI'm still going to go to this!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.54,0:04:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: How about NFI? What does Nerdfighters\NInfo mean to you?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.12,0:04:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: I found out about NFI,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.26,0:04:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: like many people, through pat. (Paul laughs) Pat, Pat is\Namazing at networking--
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.26,0:04:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: Last year, in particular, she was on a mission!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.60,0:04:23.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: Yeah, I mean this year, too - she had her business card, she was, like, ready to
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.63,0:04:29.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go! So I've done a couple videos on NFI,\Nand I think going to the meetup
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.21,0:04:34.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: made me want to be even more part of\NNFI, and like be more involved in
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.19,0:04:38.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that community, because I think there was--\Nmore people than expected showed up,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.57,0:04:42.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first of all, (P: More people than I expected!) yeah!\Nit was wonderful and I think so many great
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.92,0:04:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people are just so intelligent and\Njust have such great things to say
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.53,0:04:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: so it's great to have everyone in one place. Yeah.\NP: I've contributed to some other
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.20,0:04:59.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,collab channels, but NFI is the first one\Nthat I really invested into and I'm so
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.51,0:05:01.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,glad that I have, because like you point out,\Nthere--
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.55,0:05:04.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: These are people who are very\Nintelligent they're very socially aware
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.28,0:05:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the most part, and they care about\Nthe themes that Pat and Dave come up with
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.69,0:05:13.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: for every week. Um, and it's, uh, you can see the\Npassion and the creativity and the intelligence
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.91,0:05:18.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of all these members of NFI who come\Nfrom so many different walks of life! From young
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.59,0:05:22.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Zainab in the UK to Yolanda and myself in disparate\Nparts of the United States with our disparate
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.91,0:05:24.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,racial identities...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.56,0:05:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean you get lots of different\Nperspectives on NFI and I love that! It's like a
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.34,0:05:33.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,little microcosm of the YouTube universe!\Nand yet we all kind of, like, get along!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.80,0:05:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: Yeah!\NP (squeaky): That's beautiful! (Y: That's great!) It's so
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.18,0:05:40.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nice! i'm gonna try to remember to insert, like, a photo of the huge meet up that we
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.89,0:05:45.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had! (Y: It was wonderful!) I-- Uh, at this point in the video,\Nif i forget, just imagine tons of the
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.39,0:05:49.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,best people (Yolanda laughs) and that's-- that's the photo.\NP: And you just mentioned it, so here's another thing:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.59,0:05:55.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: What does nerdfighteria mean to you? \NY: Man! I think Nerdfighteria was like my
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.02,0:06:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,real introduction to youtube. That, like, the\NYouTube community. Because i had, like,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.18,0:06:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: somehow found Charlie and through him I\Nfound the vlog brothers and then I found
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.77,0:06:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nerdfighteria and that was, like, "Oh! A\Nbunch of, like, enthusiastic nerds about
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.50,0:06:14.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: like, everything! About all kinds of\Nsubjects no matter what! You could find,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.04,0:06:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, your little subgroup within Nerdfighteria.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.04,0:06:20.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: I think I found Nerdfighteria when I was\Nstill in high school, so that was like a
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.73,0:06:25.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really cool community to have online,\Nwhen i felt like i couldn't always fit
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.23,0:06:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in at school.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.70,0:06:30.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: I think, though, as I've gotten older, Nerdfighteria--\NI mean I'm still, I still feel part
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.87,0:06:31.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.53,0:06:34.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think I've been as active in Nerdfighteria?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.80,0:06:39.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: I still watch vlogbrothers, I still\Nwatch their videos, but I'm not,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.75,0:06:42.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess, actively part of Nerdfighteria?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.87,0:06:47.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: I think that's why NFI has been\Nreally cool, because I've kind of been going back into
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.55,0:06:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it. That's been, like, a smaller\Ncommunity, because Nerdfighteria has grown
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.30,0:06:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so much!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.53,0:06:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you still have like those smaller\Ngroups within Nerdfighteria that are
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.86,0:07:00.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still that smaller community that make\Nyou feel part of it still.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.51,0:07:05.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: Yeah, that's really nice. I feel like I\Nfirst discovered Hannah Hart (Y: Okay!)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.13,0:07:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then through Hannah Hart I discovered some\Nother people and I just kept, like Ashley Mardell,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.47,0:07:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: then also discovered John Green through Hannah Hart, somehow. (Y: Oh, okay!)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.61,0:07:18.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then i discovered the vlogbrothers\Nvideos... Even though I was, like, enamored of
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.45,0:07:21.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the vlogbrothers and watching their\Nvideos and learned about Nerdfighteria
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.57,0:07:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: that way.. kind of similar to Ahsante, I\Nnever really felt like a part of
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.82,0:07:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nerdfighteria because how often have you\Nseen an Asian person on their, on their
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.48,0:07:33.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,channel? I can tell you explicitly\Nthe first time I saw an Asian person on their
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.48,0:07:34.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,channel:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.29,0:07:36.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: Sabrina. \NY: Right. Yeah, I was gonna say.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.97,0:07:40.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: When Sabrina substituted in because she won the Nerd Factor
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.17,0:07:45.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: Yeah \NP: That, that's when I thought, "Oh! Maybe\NI can participate in this after all!"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.14,0:07:47.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: It's only been, like, 600 videos and
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.82,0:07:51.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,finally an Asian person shows up. Maybe\Ni can now participate in this.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.02,0:07:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: I like it! (Y:Yeah!) I just don't feel like I'm a part\Nof it, necessarily. But at VidCon not only
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.12,0:08:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is there Nerdfighteria, there are people\Nwho just go for VidCon itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.05,0:08:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: Yeah! \NP: And, like, my favorite panel since\Nthe beginning has been Less Than Famous.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.42,0:08:11.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: Okay... \NP: So what does the Less Than Famous panel and concept mean to you?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.25,0:08:15.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: I remember when, I think it was \Ntalenthatter who started this
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.39,0:08:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the idea was just like wow this is\Ngreat this is kind of what we've been
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.86,0:08:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: looking for because it was getting to a\Npoint where there was like, only these huge
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.70,0:08:25.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,youtubers and like, they just,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.75,0:08:30.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the smaller community was starting to\Nfeel like we weren't important. And we
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.01,0:08:35.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: needed some kind of platform, some kind of\Nspace to be able to talk about our own
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.11,0:08:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experience on youtube, being a smaller\Ncreator because we're not doing this
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.05,0:08:42.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,full time, this isn't our day job. That\Nwas like this really cool opportunity to
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.55,0:08:46.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: have small youtuber voices amplified.\NI think the last year was the first time i
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.60,0:08:50.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,auditioned for Less Than Famous, didn't get on,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.38,0:08:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's fine, but there's like so many\Naudition videos you find because of Less
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.00,0:08:59.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Than Famous, and you find so many small\Nyoutubers because of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.20,0:09:04.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: Because there's like the small youtuber tag [P: Yes!] out\Nthere, too, but people sometimes try to do
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.60,0:09:06.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that just to get more views and whatever.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.91,0:09:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: I've made one, doesn't matter. [laughs] But, uh,\Nlike Less Than Famous I think is more
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.50,0:09:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,community-focused and more about being\Ninvolved in the community. So finding
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.08,0:09:21.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those audition videos, I think you find\Npeople who are really part of YouTube
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.37,0:09:26.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and really kind of are what, what VidCon\Nwas about when [phone sound] it started and
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.74,0:09:31.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: hopefully continues to be. \NP: Less Than Famous was one of the first panels that
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.33,0:09:32.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was really excited about.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.35,0:09:36.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that, uh, i think like Linda Barsi\Ntweeted out about it and my friend Alex
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.64,0:09:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: Turlockosaurus tweeted out about it,\Nbefore I went to my first VidCon
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.00,0:09:44.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I was very excited to go and i loved\Nit. From that first Less Than Famous panel,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.29,0:09:48.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided I was gonna just audition for it.\NI'd-- until I get on to it
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.07,0:09:52.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: or become famous. Because it gives me a\Nchance to really figure out what I want
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.48,0:09:56.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the community and what I want to bring\Nto the community. Because I think you're
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.11,0:10:00.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right! I mean a lot of people do, do things\Nrelated to smaller creator, related to
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.29,0:10:04.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: little youtube, et cetera, but they're doing\Nit to get out of there. And I'm not gonna
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.16,0:10:07.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ever turn down subscribers-- That's\Ngreat!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.28,0:10:10.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are also lots of videos that are\Nby people like myself, by my friend
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.49,0:10:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: Ahsante who was on last year's Less Than\NFamous, by my friend Justin Dennis who was on
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.02,0:10:19.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this year's Less Than Famous, by myself\Nand by Yolonda, where our video auditions
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.55,0:10:24.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are very clearly about the fact that we\Ncare about this smaller creator
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.23,0:10:27.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: community and YouTube and YouTube\Ncommunity at large.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.29,0:10:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we want to contribute something to\Nit by being on that panel. And THAT'S what
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.12,0:10:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love! When people like that are\Nselected, I just, I'm just so, so happy! [Y: yeah] So
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.88,0:10:43.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: happy about it. I'm gonna audition again for it\Nnext year! It'll be my third audition!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.49,0:10:46.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't stop me! Unless you ask me to\Nstop.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.61,0:10:50.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think I'm gonna wrap it up by asking one last thing:\NRace and Representation!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.99,0:10:55.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: So, what does that mean to you? Both, both\Nwithin the context of the VidCon/YouTube
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.97,0:10:58.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experience and just in general?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.04,0:11:02.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: What was cool this year was they had,\Nlike, the main stage panel but then they
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.48,0:11:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had a separate Creator Discussing\NDiversity workshop or some kind of panel.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.08,0:11:12.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they had different opportunity-- It wasn't\Njust like: This is your one chance to
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.77,0:11:14.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: discuss diversity, GO!
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.06,0:11:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had, like, different opportunities,\NIt was great! VidCon has been, at least, listening to
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.98,0:11:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the feedback from attendees.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.17,0:11:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: and saying, "Okay! Clearly you want more\Ndiversity and we're going to provide
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.06,0:11:30.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these platforms for you to continue\Ndiscussing it and we're going to invite
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.77,0:11:35.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people who, you know, you want to see\Nrepresented!" Which is awesome. But race
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.93,0:11:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Y: Representation specifically has... has kind\Nof, I hope, opened up that conversation
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.50,0:11:46.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more, or at least brought awareness to\Nit more. Especially with online media, because
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.73,0:11:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's such... It's a more accessible\Nplatform than TV, than film, that it is
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.08,0:11:59.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: easier to have diversity and\Nrepresentation on online media, but we still
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.39,0:12:02.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't often see it at these bigger\Nconventions and
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.57,0:12:07.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these panels, so at least VidCon\Ntaking that initiative to having
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.37,0:12:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: that, is great to see!\NP: You're saying all the things that I want to say so, I will add
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.26,0:12:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: to it [Y: Yeah.] And I will add to it by saying that,\Nyou know, outside of VidCon,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.77,0:12:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's often a response to racial\Nrepresentation in media that if we have
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.96,0:12:25.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like one person of this color or one\Nperson of this identity type
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.24,0:12:31.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's all you need! We've done it. We've\Nfulfilled our "diversity requirements". And
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.04,0:12:35.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: I heard a couple people around VidCon\Ntalking about how there was a lot of
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.81,0:12:40.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,race and representation at VidCon both in\Nthe literally named Race and Representation
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.67,0:12:46.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,panels, the discussing diversity panel...\NThere was a YouTube and Represent-Asian
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.91,0:12:47.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: panel... [Y: Mm-hmm]
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.99,0:12:53.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: Yes! So I heard some people make-- remarking about\Nhow there seemed to be a lot of that and
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.03,0:12:58.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my immediate response thought to that is,\N"Unless there are so many people who are
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.13,0:13:02.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people of color on every other panel\Nthat the Race and Representation panel, you
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.45,0:13:04.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have nobody left to put on there--
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.46,0:13:09.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we still need it!" It seems like a lot, but\Nonly because up until now we've had
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.69,0:13:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: little to nothing. [Y: Yeah] My self-designed\Ntrack of panels at YouTube [*VidCon] was like:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.88,0:13:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,social justice / disabilities / race and\Nrepresentation track,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.65,0:13:23.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there were like 200 and some panels that\Nwere available... Specifically the ones that I
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.61,0:13:26.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: Chose? Had most of the diversity!
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.97,0:13:30.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: Yeah! That-- I was thinking about that, too, \Nbecause I think the panels I specifically
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.81,0:13:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chose were catered toward or had a lot of\Ndiversity.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.41,0:13:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: I mean, for me, I'm like, "Great! There is\Nmore diversity!" But overall it's-- there,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.02,0:13:41.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,obviously there's still work to be done
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.82,0:13:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: Yeah. Which is why, one of the reasons why I\Nreally like the fact that, even though I
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.33,0:13:50.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,myself do not enjoy attending the Maine\NState panels i love the fact that the
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.55,0:13:53.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: Main Stage is where the Race &\NRepresentation panel happens [Y: Yeah] because it
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.61,0:13:58.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should be! That should be the place where the \Nteenie-boppers who are going to see their white
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.44,0:14:03.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,celebrities that they scream over before\NRace and Representation and after Race and Representation
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.18,0:14:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,station might sit through a service\Nstation here and some shit
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.72,0:14:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want that to happen! So kudos to you,\NVidCon, for keeping that up.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.70,0:14:16.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really appreciate it so those are all\Nthings i wanted to have our are various
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.74,0:14:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shared about. Do you want to chip in \Nanything else?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.74,0:14:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: Uhh, I think I'm good! No.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.22,0:14:27.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: Thank you so much for doing this collab with me!\N[Y: Yeah, Thank you!] You're in LA for a while now,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.06,0:14:28.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: Yes! I am.\NP: So we should do more stuff together!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.35,0:14:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y: Yes!\NP: Yaaay!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.75,0:14:35.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P: YouTube friends! Y: YouTube friends. \NP: if you liked this video, please be sure to share it so that other people
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.24,0:14:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can see it. Let me know what you thought\Nabout our responses to these things in
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.76,0:14:44.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the comments below, or tell me anything\Nthat matters to you because I want to
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.09,0:14:48.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,know what matters to you. And then how do\Ni wrap this thing up?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.05,0:14:49.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul: What do I say at the end?\N[music gets louder]
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.29,0:14:50.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yolanda: Tomorrow
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.05,0:14:51.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be even better!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.40,0:14:55.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul: Yeah, it will!\N[music gets loudest, ends]