'''This Week in Blackness''' (also referred to as '''''TWiB!''''') was an independent digital media platform which acts as a hub for a network of multimedia projects. Founded in 2008 during the presidential campaign season it is also the home of the video series <ref name="YouTube.Com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/c/twibnation|title=BLACKNESS.TV | #TWIBnation - YouTube|website=www.youtube.com|accessdate=Sep 2, 2020}}</ref> of the same name hosted by Elon James White. The Blog was nominated for 4 Black Weblog Awards in 2009 and won 3 <ref name="Black Weblog Awards">{{Cite web|url=http://blackweblogawards.com/past-winners/|title=BLACKWEBLOGAWARDS.COM|website=blackweblogawards.com|accessdate=Sep 2, 2020}}</ref> including "Blog of the Year." The site combines pointed criticism of politics and pop culture with social activism and urban humor.
This Week in Blackness originally published the controversial "Notes From a Phantom Negro: Skip Gates, Please Sit Down"<ref name="Skp Gates: Please Sit Down">[http://thisweekinblackness.com/2009/07/23/notes-from-a-phantom-negro-skip-gatesplease-sit-down/ Notes From a Phantom Negro: Skip Gates, Please Sit Down] ''This Week In Blackness'' July 23rd, 2009</ref> discussing the arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr. which was then republished by Salon.com<ref name="Skip Gates: Please Sit Down">[http://www.salon.com/2009/07/24/gates_12/ Skip Gates: Please Sit Down] ''Salon.Com'' July 27th, 2009</ref> The blog also originally posted "Message From The Average Black Person"<ref name="Message from the Average Black Person">[http://thisweekinblackness.com/2009/06/24/a-message-from-the-average-black-person/ Message From the Average Black Person] ''This Week In Blackness'' June 24th, 2009</ref> which later was published by ''The Huffington Post''<ref name="Message From The Average Black Person">[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elon-james-white/a-message-from-the-averag_b_220022.html Message From The Average Black Person] ''The Huffington Post'', June 24, 2009</ref> and AlterNet.
The site is best known for the critically acclaimed web series by the same name. ''TWiB! Prime with Elon James White'', in both video and podcast format, has been featured on DailyKos, Crooks and Liars,<ref name="Obama Waffles, Get'em While they're hot!">[http://crooksandliars.com/2008/09/15/obama-waffles-get-em-while-the-are-hot Obama Wafles, Get'em while they're HOT!] ''Crooks & Liars'' September 14, 2008</ref> ''The Huffington Post''<ref name="This Week in Blackness">[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elon-james-white/this-week-in-blackness-20_b_241668.html This Week in Blackness: 2009 is the new 1952] ''The Huffington Post'', July 20, 2009</ref> and ''Salon''.
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==External links== *{{official|http://thisweekinblackness.com }}
Category:American political blogs Category:American political websites Category:African-American blogs Category:Internet properties established in 2008 Category:Political podcasts Category:Audio podcasts
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