Condensed word from the blogosphere

Anxious Black Woman (diary of a “socially conscious and global citizen”):

“Has Obama ushered in a new trend in Intelligent Black People?”

Michael David Cobb Bowen (political and cultural blogger “Cobb“):

“I was very frustrated with the attitude of black academics with regard to their dismissal of online. So please forgive me if I now consider the introduction of Gates’ new website “The Root” with something less than a standing ovation.”

Stereohyped, a black interest blog (“abandoning the machines of mainstream media where people of color are still treated as second class”):

“With Henry Louis Gates of Harvard (and African American Lives) at the helm, there’s a heavy emphasis on genealogy, with prominent links to Gates’ DNA testing company.”

Corine Lesnes, New York blogger for French newspaper Le Monde writes:

“Times are Black… The Washington Post expects the site to lose money, but not for as many years as Slate, which only started to show a profit in 2007 (on its ninth anniversary).”