The Snob

  • I’m Not Dead.

    First of all, it’s been a long time and I shouldn’t have left you without a dope beat to step to … or at least some blog posts to read. Astute readers and “Friends-of-Snob” have pointed out on numerous occasions my last post here was in November. My last articles on Clutch and The Root

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  • For most of my life I’ve considered myself to be a pretty decent dresser except for that dark period known as “the last four years.” Some people dress bad because they don’t know any better, others are being “ironic,” some are anti-fashion, some dress for comfort only and then there was me — someone who

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  • The blogging world’s two greatest cyber playcousins, AverageBro and The Black Snob, shoot the breeze in this latest edition of An A/B Conversation. Today’s topics: Obama’s disappearing support in the black community, whether overt or covert racism is better, the sad state of black TV in post-racial America, Kanye West’s need for meds, and Levi…

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  • The New York Times recently published a story about Michelle Obama’s slavery ancestry, chronicling the story of a slave girl named Melvinia who was the mother to Mrs. Obama’s great-great grandfather. The tale is a harrowing, but familiar one of a former black slave giving birth to a “mulatto” child a short time after emancipation.…

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  • Happy Birthday to Me!

    Today I have turned 32. Feels like 31 … only with about 30 less pounds and three inches more hair.

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  • My hair garnered itself an interview recently on the natural hair blog Leave In the Kinks as a “Curlicious Diva!” Surprisingly, the hair had a lot to say. Check out the story by clicking here.

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  • This Fine Social Scene

    Photo by Jada PratherIt’s black. It’s beautiful. It’s the emerging D.C. social scene. Recently I was in Washington, D.C. to cover the Congressional Black Caucus’ annual gathering and found myself spending every night up well past 5 a.m. “caucusing” my way through social hoppers and trend-setters, trendy spots and the dead zones that make up…

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