WHO IS “THE SNOB?" 

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 in Time Magazine, The New York Times, The Daily Beast 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. In June 2009, she penned the article “Blacks In Space: In Most Sci-Fi Movies Why Does The Future Look So White?” in The American Prospect Magazine.

The Black Snob has received commendations from BlackPoliticsOnTheWeb.com’s “Shining Star Awards” in 2008, including Best Overall Political Blog and Best New Political Blog. And Black Weblog Awards presented the site with accolades for Best Writing in a Blog (2008 and 2009) and Best Blog Series (2008).

As a freelance journalist, Belton has contributed to: Essence Magazine Online, Mediaite.com, The American Prospect, The Root, Jezebel.com, The Bakersfield Californian, NPR’s News & Notes, 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 part of Def Poetry Jam performer Bassey Ikpi's tour Basseyworld Live where Belton was a panelist in Washington, D.C., New York City and Philadelphia. She has also appeared on a panel during Howard University's School of Communications Job Fair in 2009.

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.

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

Follow @blacksnob on Twitter.

THE SNOB IN THE PRESS

National Public Radio - "How Black People May or May Not Use Twitter" (August 2010)
CNN.com - "The Tricky Path Forward For Michelle Obama" (August 2010)
Essence.com - "Commentary: Living With Alopecia" (July 2010)
Jezebel - "Why the Media Is Not Focusing On Alicia Keys Shady Husband" (July 2010)
The Daily Beast - "The Unbearable Whiteness of Cable News" (June 2010)
Essence.com - "Commentary: Hairy Legs and All" (April 2010)
The New York Times – “Unshaven Women: Free Spirits or Unkempt?” (April 2010)
The Daily Beast – “The Woman Behind Harold Ford” (February 2010)
Jezebel – “Ladies First: Women React to Last Night’s State of the Union Address” (January 2010)
PBS MediaShift Idea Lab – “Meet Danielle Belton, The Woman Behind The Black Snob” (October 2009)
Time Magazine – “Why Michelle Obama’s Hair Matters” (September 2009)
Mediaite - “Office Hours” (August 2009)
The American Prospect - "Blacks In Space" (June 2009)
ABC News - Nightline, "First Lady's First 100 Days" (April 28, 2009)
Associated Press - "Turning 100, NAACP fights to keep struggle alive" (Feb. 11, 2009)
NPR News & Notes: Obama Supporters Going Overboard (Oct. 18, 2008)
Swedish Nationel Radio - Radioreport (Sept. 26, 2008)
NPR News & Notes: OJ's Back In Court, Does Anyone Care? (Sept. 24, 2008)
NPR News & Notes: Blogging Brown, Sounding Black (July 16, 2008)
KWMU - St. Louis on the Air, "Black Culture" (June 30, 2008)
Philadelphia Daily News - "Didja See the Dress?" (June 10, 2008)
St. Paul Pioneer Press - "Michelle Obama adds a little flash to the campaign trail" (June 8, 2008)
NPR News & Notes: Jesse Jackson Targeted in Secret Service Emails? (May 21, 2008)
NPR News & Notes: How Diverse Is Obama's Staff? (April 30, 2008) 

WHAT ARE FOLKS SAYING ABOUT THE SNOB?

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

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”