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Santorum: College Turns You Into Obama
Rick Santorum’s argument that President Barack Obama is a snob because he wants all Americans to go to college only reveals that Santorum is the real snob, Black Snob editor Danielle Belton argues in a blog entry. Rick Santorum, college graduate and presidential candidate, recently argued that Barack Obama, college graduate and current president of…
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Does Adultery Make Gingrich More Human Than Romney?
At her Black Snob blog, Danielle Belton evaluates GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s claim that his weaknesses, such as marital infidelities, make him look stronger than perhaps someone like opponent Mitt Romney, who comes across as seemingly perfect. Can you see past a weakness so hard that it turns into a strength? Presidential wannabe Newt…
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Why Oprah Is Not Enough to Fix OWN
Black Snob editor Danielle Belton writes in a guest blog entry at Clutch magazine that the success of OWN may lie not just in Oprah’s imprimatur but in her ability to attract her famous friends to create dramas, news programs, sitcoms, made-for-TV movies and all things that the star loves. When I heard Oprah was…
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Celebrating Black Beauty on White Women
In a blog entry at Clutch magazine, Black Snob editor Danielle Belton tackles the double standard of beauty between black and white women through the prism of the ubiquitous Kardashians. She compares some black men’s preference for women like the Kardashians to an alternative sweetener. I once joked upon the first time seeing Kardashian that…
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Married Folks Are Almost a Minority
In a blog entry at the Black Snob, editor Danielle Belton tackles a recent study that says the population of married couples has dropped since the 1960s. She says that most African Americans may feel the need to achieve a certain amount of financial security before making the leap, which is one reason the numbers…
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Cain's Not the First Self-Loathing Black
Black Snob editor Danielle Belton challenges a recent opinion piece by Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. that questions whether Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is embarrassed to be black. She says that the nation’s evolving racial strictures have caused most blacks to experience some form of self-loathing at one point or another in their…
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Christian Right Pastor Attacks Romney's Mormon Faith
Black Snob editor Danielle Belton takes aim at a Texas pastor who described GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith as a cult during the Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C. She surmises that the attacks are the result of fear and misinformation about the religion. The great gathering of Mainstream Klansmen Smart Enough to…
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CNN-Tea Party Debate: The Crowd Was Out for Blood
Black Snob editor Danielle Belton recaps the CNN/Tea Party Debate, including a chilling moment when the crowd cheered at a hypothetical question about whether to allow a sick, uninsured man to die. There was a lot of craziness going on in the latest GOP debate, hosted by CNN and the Tea Party, most of it…
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GOP Debate Light on Substance, Heavy on Style
Black Snob editor Danielle Belton evaluates the Republican presidential debate and decides that it was “full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” Texas Gov. Rick “Good Hair” Perry may have got the headline of Wednesday night’s presidential debate by doubling-down on his “Social Security is a ponzi scheme” statements, but the real Ponzi shenanigans going…
