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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…
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Fashion's Teaching Moment: 'Slave' Hoop Earrings
The Black Snob‘s editor, Danielle Belton, writes in a blog entry that workers in fashion and advertising ought to take sensitivity training seriously to avoid embarrassing gaffes such as Vogue Italia’s story on “slave” earrings. No one ever takes sensitivity training seriously. It’s always a joke to people. I have a friend who works in…
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Mitt Romney: Corporations Are People. Really?
Black Snob blogger Danielle Belton doles out snarky advice to Mitt Romney to stop making attack-ad-worthy comments such as “corporations are people.” Oh, Mittens! Can we talk? Have I told you lately that I love you? Word on the street is that the Obama re-election campaign plans to smear you with the “weird” label. (Although…
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Death to All Panels
Operating on no coffee and five hours of sleep, I attempted to survive a three-and-a-half hour series of panels on new media during the Congressional Black Caucus’ annual conference and failed. It wasn’t for a lack of effort on the panel members’ part. Robert Townsend bounded around the room trying to sell me on his…
