The content creator and advocate has built a following of over 2 million with a series dedicated to teaching Black history and spreading Black joy.
The content creator and advocate has built a following of over 2 million with series dedicated to teaching Black history and spreading Black joy.Even during the most challenging times in history, it's important to highlight those who are continuing to follow their dreams and are taking strides to make the world a better place. Each month, Seventeen is honoring young people asEducation has forever guided.
Fast forward three years later, Taylor’s platform has grown to 2.2 million TikTok followers, 195K Instagram followers, a TEDxGeorgetown Talk, a hosting spot on SiriusXM’s TikTok Radio, and a correspondent position on Nickelodeon’s Nick News . The “Fast Black History” videos — which Taylor often concludes with the phrase, “Black history is your history” — have grown a huge following, thanks to their ability to make crucial, all-too-often sidelined moments in history accessible and informative.
A film student at New York University and an aspiring screenwriter, Taylor’s journey in teaching and storytelling has only just begun. Here, Taylor Cassidy,’s latest Voice of Change, details the biggest lessons in social media activism, the challenges and highlights, and what comes next — hopefully, eventually, a television series of her own à la Quinta Brunson .I started when I was 17 and once I started doing a lot of Black history videos, I was very quickly labeled “activist.
17: Is there something you wish you had known earlier about social media activism and content creation?Have more patience. I tell myself to have more patience with seeing change happen. In the beginning, I thought that if change didn't happen in a month, it didn't work, so you had to do, change, or believe something else. But that's not the reality. Activism and advocacy is a constant progress of relearning, educating yourself, correcting yourself, and taking criticism.
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