WTF is this all about?
Would someone please tell me, if a blogger shows no photo of him/her self HOW DO YOU KNOW IT'S A BLACK BLOGGER?
I repeat: THIS IS SOME FORM OF DUMBASS RACISM.
Oldcatman I'm WHITE!
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The Blogging While Brown blogger conference is meeting in LA this weekend and some things have changed since we first wrote about black bloggers fighting to be heard online back in 2008.
Now the biggest issue for many, founder Gina McCauley told me, is: "How do we monetize this?'"
Good question. We're still trying to figure that one out, too.
There's still a difference in the black and white political blogging worlds, McCauley said, who said most of the conference attendees conference are African-American and female.
"The white bloggers are a lot more outspoken about their disappointment with President Obama." Like at the recent Netroots Nation conference, she said, where white liberals had no problem throwing punches at the White House.
"We're more likely to give President the benefit of the doubt," McCauley said. Saturday afternoon's scheduled featured a panel on "Keeping It Real: Black Political Accountability in the Age of Obama."
"Our biggest concern has been about getting access for black bloggers," McCauley said. And they've been getting it. White House officials have met with top black bloggers. "It's been a 180 for us in that regard."
