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and online moniker that may reflect their spiritual or political orientations. Overall, the
YouTube resisters seeking to spark a Black psychological and physical revolution are
distinguishable because their messages and YouTube channels are centered in the five
recurring schools of Black radical thought commonly associated with the Black
Conscious Community.
Many of the Black radical YouTubers are either housed in or influenced by the
Black Conscious activities located in Harlem, New York, on 125 th Street. A number of
videos are recorded in Harlem due to the location’s historic and presently thriving Black
revolutionary hub that includes the sale of African-centered merchandise and
coalescence of Black radical thinking. A popular Black revolutionary YouTube creator
known as Sa Neter is based in Harlem. He is the founder of the House of
Konsciousness, a conglomerate of similarly-minded activists who organize events such
as Black Conscious debates, information panels, and Black business exchanges.
BlackNews102, SaNeterTV, and SaNeterStudios are three of his popular Black
revolutionary YouTube channels. His content primarily concerns debates regarding
Black Liberation Religion and Spirituality as well as the promotion of Black Nationalism
and Pan-Africanism. Sa Neter also created the SaNeter Awards, which is a Black
Conscious awards show, similar to the Black Power Awards held annually in Atlanta,
Georgia. The purpose of the SaNeter and Black Power Awards is to acknowledge the
work that Black revolutionaries contribute to their communities. Sa Neter’s channels are
affiliated with other Harlem-based Black revolutionary channels, including
BabaTVEveryTimeFire, which hosts content from Black radicals like Eye Empress
Sekmet, Hashim Nzinga, and attorney Malik Zulu Shabazz of the New Black Panther
Party. Sekmet, Nzinga, and Shabazz often demand that African Americans become
liberated by any means necessary or die, meaning the racial group must take their
freedom and not wait on the American political system to provide it. In 2015, Sekmet’s
arrest for encouraging Blacks to defend themselves against White aggression on
YouTube reflected the delicate, yet consequential intersections between online
revolutionary activism and the law. The hardhearted freedom or death concept of Black
liberation encapsulates the robust energy and character of Sa Neter’a and BabaTV’s