Has Hank Green ever platformed a non-white male in tech?
After writing Hank Green And The Fantastical Tales of God AIs and watching a lot of tech related videos on his channel, I noticed something odd: I can’t find a single video where Hank Green has platformed, or even spoken about, a non-white male in the tech discourse.
This may not be such a big deal if Hank wasn’t platforming people like Nate Soares, or if Hank didn’t speak about tech and AI as much as he does.
In the past two or there years, there’s been a flood of great books, essays, and studies about the tech industry—harms caused, strategies revealed, etc, by non-white males. So much so, that I made a quick list just from memory.
When you look at Hank’s peers, someone like Adam Conover, you see a lot of these names and faces below because these people have worked the YouTube channel circuit.
But I can’t find one example of any women, Black or brown folks in tech that Hank’s platformed, or even mentioned. I’m sure there’s at least a few examples in the past few years. Right?
Sarah Wynn-Williams ex-Public Policy Director at Facebook and author of Careless People (2025)
Timnit Gebru prominent computer science expert, co-author of Stochastic Parrots.
Frances Haugen: Data Engineer and Facebook whistleblower.
Karen Hao: Tech Journalist and author of Empire of AI (2025)
Kyle Chayka: Journalist and author of Filterworld (2024)
Marietje Schaake Cyber Policy Director and author of The Tech Coup (2024)
Taylor Lorenz: Tech journalist and author of Extremely Online (2023)
Yanis Varoufakis: Politican and author of Technofeudalism (2023)
Liz Pelly: Journalisr and author of Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist (2025)