Danielle Celena Belton, aka "The Snob"WHO IS “THE SNOB?"
Danielle's Bio

A cultural Rosetta Stone for a racially bewildered country, Danielle Belton is a fresh voice for satire and cultural wit. – Cintra Wilson, author

Born and raised St. Louis, Mo. on a healthy diet of news programming, pop culture, black history and “snark,” Danielle C. Belton examines the irreverent side of American life.

With two million readers in less than two years, Belton is best known as the editor/writer of her pop culture-meets-politics blog The Black Snob. The site has a readership spanning political junkies, journalists, fellow bloggers, political pundits, authors, academics, legislators and political strategists. The Black Snob has earned both critical acclaim, appearing on CNN and in Time Magazine, The New York Times, The Observer (UK), The Daily Beast, NPR, Good Morning America and on ABC’s Nightline, as well garnering the attention of academia as a featured panelist discussing black media as part of Harvard University’s Black Policy Conference in 2009. Belton also regularly appears on NPR's Tell Me More with Michel Martin and PBS' To The Contrary with Bonnie Erbe.

Belton was most recently a speaker at Essence Magazine's Women's Conference 2010 in New York City and in 2011 was named one of Black Enterprise's "Leaders of the New School," for movers and shakers under 35. Belton was acknowledged for her blogging work. She has also been regularly featured among The Root's "bloggers to watch."

The Black Snob received accolades from the Black Weblog Awards for Best Political Blog (2010 & 2011), Best Writing in a Blog (2008 and 2009) and Best Blog Series (2008). The site was also won recognition from BlackPoliticsOnTheWeb.com’s “Shining Star Awards” in 2008 for Best Overall Political Blog and Best New Political Blog.

As a freelance journalist, Belton has contributed to: Essence Magazine, Mediaite.com, The American Prospect, BP Magazine, The Root, Jezebel.com, The Bakersfield Californian, NPR, The New School on POTUS, Sirius/XM Satellite Radio, DailyKos, The Huffington Post, Seven Magazine, PubDef.net, Cintra Wilson’s Dregublog, AroundHarlem.com and FreshXpress.com

Belton most recently appeared as a featured panelist during the National Association of Black Journalist's conference in Philadelphia in 2011.

Belton is the former blogger and online campaign manager for non-profits New Security Action/Win Without War and was a reporter and newspaper columnist for The Bakersfield Californian. 

She is currently working on a book about her decade-long battle with Bipolar Disorder. She also blogs about mental health for BP Magazine's online site.

Belton currently lives in Washington, D.C. where she manages The Black Snob while working as a freelance journalist and social media consultant.

For questions, media requests or additional information, you can reach The Snob via email: danielle@blacksnob.com.

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WHAT ARE FOLKS SAYING ABOUT THE SNOB?

THE BLACK SNOB is a rare voice in punditry. She's a black feminist, but never strident or professional victim;  she's personal, but not self indulgent; she's educated, but not a snob, despite the title. She's smart, funny and often delivers the last word in a world full of people trying to define issues.  

— Reginald Hudlin, film/TV producer, writer, director

Danielle Belton's Black Snob is one of my favorite blogs. It manages to tackle race and blackness with a keen intelligence, and a necessary sense of humor. Black Snob is irreverent without being cynical. The site comes across is full color, never sepia.

– Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic

Danielle Belton’s The Black Snob is all brilliant, snarky, chocolatey goodness—steeped in wisdom, wrapped in truth, and smart down to the last delicious, must-read word. Try not to sprain your neck nodding in agreement—and pray you never find yourself in her crosshairs.

— Denene Millner, New York Times best-selling author and founder and editor-in-chief of MyBrownBaby

Whenever I am reading the work of Danielle Belton, aka “The Black Snob,”  I feel like I am getting permission to do something deliciously illegal. Danielle provides the most erudite, hilarious, sometimes shocking and always blazingly truthful answers to all the stupid questions you always wanted to know about African-American culture but were too intimidated or PC to ask. She is a walking Rosetta Stone for a racially bewildered nation, and the ultimate guide to a better understanding of our fellow Americans in the era of Obama. The Black Snob is absolutely necessary to our cultural integrity, and should be compulsory reading for anyone who wishes to remain in the United States. 

— Cintra Wilson, author “Colors Insulting to Nature”