This Week in Blackness

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 {{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/c/twibnation|title=BLACKNESS.TV | #TWIBnation - YouTube|website=www.youtube.com|accessdate=Sep 2, 2020}} of the same name hosted by Elon James White. The Blog was nominated for 4 Black Weblog Awards in 2009 and won 3 {{Cite web|url=http://blackweblogawards.com/past-winners/|title=BLACKWEBLOGAWARDS.COM|website=blackweblogawards.com|accessdate=Sep 2, 2020}} 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"[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 discussing the arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr. which was then republished by Salon.com[http://www.salon.com/2009/07/24/gates_12/ Skip Gates: Please Sit Down] Salon.Com July 27th, 2009 The blog also originally posted "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 which later was published by The Huffington Post[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 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,[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 The Huffington Post[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 and Salon.