Looking for darker-skinned Youtube creators

August 6, 2023 1:29 AM

Hi, I am reaching an understanding that my Youtube subscriptions are mostly to lighter-skinned creators. I want to add some variety to my entertainment. My interests are - engineering, aviation, cooking, coockig theory, music theory, woodworking, boat-building, making in general & science. If you know of non-English channels that might interest me and have good subtitles, those are also an option. I am already subscribed to the channel of Jeremy Fielding so you can skip recommending him. He is a good example of who I am looking to add to my subscriptions. Thanks for sharing, Hanan Cohen
posted by hananc to Grab Bag (18 answers total)

Check out Rajiv Surendra for all kinds of interesting videos on making things and cooking. Several of his videos draw from his Sri Lankan heritage.
posted by third word on a random page at 1:56 AM on August 6, 2023 [2 favorites]

How about these?

https://youtube.com/c/jisakukobo/videos

https://youtube.com/@thecarpentrylife/videos
posted by many-things at 2:04 AM on August 6, 2023 [1 favorite]

I watch more Rich Rebuilds than is probably good for me and I think you should too.
posted by flabdablet at 2:08 AM on August 6, 2023 [1 favorite]

I enjoy Drumming with Jarvis, check out his Drum breakdown playlist.
posted by rjs at 2:10 AM on August 6, 2023 [1 favorite]

I asked a question recently about nonwhite cooking channels. There are both some good answers and some examples I gave there. Middle Eats is the one I watch the most.
posted by kevinbelt at 5:00 AM on August 6, 2023 [3 favorites]

Sohla El-Waylly has a huge number of cooking videos available on YouTube. I particularly liked the ones that she did during the pandemic in her small New York apartment kitchen (these might be the "Off-Script with Sohla" videos on Food52?) She also has a bunch of videos where she recreates historical dishes on the History Channel, and there's another bunch of "ingredient challenge" videos that she does with her husband Ham on the NYT Cooking channel.
posted by sriracha at 5:37 AM on August 6, 2023 [4 favorites]

Sound Field is music education with a diverse set of hosts.
posted by grog at 6:59 AM on August 6, 2023 [2 favorites]

Here's a 1/2 answer: Sailing Uma is a channel about a sweet, capable and plucky young couple who is (currently) rebuilding their sailboat. I say half, because she is dark skinned, from Haiti. He is light skinned, from Canada. Previous to the rebuild, they travel around the world, while also working on quite a few boat projects.
posted by bluesky78987 at 7:50 AM on August 6, 2023 [2 favorites]

Aviation: Pilot Nancy.
posted by phliar at 10:29 AM on August 6, 2023

Dread Knot Woodshop, focused on woodturning.
posted by jedicus at 11:26 AM on August 6, 2023 [1 favorite]

No Lab Coat Required does a lit of science debunks, mostly related to the body.
posted by Polychrome at 11:51 AM on August 6, 2023

Boatbuilding.

My first thought was Japanese traditional boats. I suggest you look for websites, not just YouTube. I found one site here.

Tips of a Shipwright have a couple of episodes from Chile.
posted by SemiSalt at 7:13 PM on August 6, 2023

See Jane Drill for DIY / home improvement.
posted by inexorably_forward at 1:08 AM on August 7, 2023 [3 favorites]

mkbhd is first a reviewer of phones but he has started to branch out to other technology like cars, robots etc . His reviews and outlook for technology is refreshing from most of the reviewers and produced in high quality format
posted by radsqd at 7:00 AM on August 7, 2023 [1 favorite]

So happy to see another rec for See Jane Drill. Leah is a treasure.

Doesn't quite fit any of your categories, but T1J has been one of my subscriptions that I have found to be consistently good. Mostly essays on interesting bits about media, and social issues.

Foreign Man In A Foreign Land mostly does essays on culture and significant current news. Found the channel via a partner video with Not Just Bikes, and wound up subscribing.

Jeremy Fielding makes very interesting engineering videos, and has a talent for explaining and presenting information in a very approachable way.
posted by xedrik at 4:02 PM on August 7, 2023

BlackForager is awesome, she makes mostly short videos about foraging and cooking with wild foods in the Northeastern US.

I like La'Ron Readus for film and tv deep dives, especially about genre movies/tv.
posted by Nibbly Fang at 8:19 PM on August 7, 2023

Casual Geographic does great videos on animals and wildlife.
posted by AlSweigart at 8:35 AM on August 8, 2023

For science (in particular debunking anti-vaxx), Debunk the Funk with Dr. Wilson.
posted by rjs at 2:20 AM on August 10, 2023