Welcome to another week of Black Web Friday. Remember, if you’re so inclined you can go to Category and find this as one of the options to look back at the previous weeks, of which there are 3 at this point. No long lead-in today, so we’re just going to get into it; enjoy!

The first site I want to highlight today is called Black America Web, which is an entertainment website that was initially created to highlight the Tom Joyner radio program, but has grown way beyond that. Though it mainly talks about entertainment there’s are news and opinion sections on what’s going on as it pertains to black people. There’s also a link to the Tom Joyner Foundation, which collects money to help send college bound kids to traditionally black colleges and universities; I can’t tell you how many millions they’ve raised and how many kids they’ve sent to college, but it’s a good thing.

Next we have The Hustler’s Notebook, the website and blog of JK Allen, who’s a favorite of a lot of bloggers. He writes a lot about business and marketing and he recently wrote a book titled Driven To Learn, Learning To Win. He’s a very entertaining and smart guy and of course talks a lot about hustling, which in this case means working hard to succeed. And you can easily comment on his blog; you know I love that.

You can also easily comment on this next blog, Adria Richards But You’re A Girl. I like her site because it’s very conversational and personal, offering consulting services for technical issues, and her blog offers both technical tips and commentary but every once in awhile she talks about more personal things and, well, that’s what I do on this blog. Recently she talked about applying for a job at Google, and I have to say she looks good in the shirt. 😉

Because I didn’t have a real introduction, and because it’s Black History Month, I decided to add a fourth blog to the mix and explain my reasoning. I also think it’s the first Blogspot blog I’ve highlighted here, and y’all know I don’t like these blogs, but this guy’s done very well with it. His name is Wayne Hicks and his blog is called Electronic Village. He highlights issues that are of interest socially and politically to black people, and I originally discovered his blog many years ago when he used to publish a once a month listing of the top ranked blogs on Technorati, based when one could easily check such things. As it happened, around the time they changed is around the same time I started making the list; those weasels! lol Anyway, though he talks about issues pertaining to black people, he doesn’t only concentrate on black people, as he’s talked a lot over the past year about the tasering of people by the policy, many of whom don’t survive, including this guy whose family has filed a lawsuit against them because he didn’t survive. This is definitely a blog worth visiting.

That’s it for this week. Please visit these blogs and if you get a chance, let them know where you heard of them; it might give them a bit of a smile.
 

Welcome to the third edition of Black Web Friday, and to me it’s a special treat because it’s the first one of the year during Black History Month. I haven’t decided if I’m writing a special post here for the month yet, as I have one coming on my business blog later today, but I figure I’m doing my part this year in helping to highlight black social media throughout the country.

Actually, one of the debates I’ve been having with myself is whether I only want to stick to North America, which includes Canada, or whether I should think about including black people from other countries as well. While a black blogger in England and Australia might be going through the same type of thing that happens in the United States, are they removed enough from our issues so that it becomes someone else’s problem? What about those in Africa who are actually the majority in their country, but outside might not get the press? I just don’t know yet because in other countries I’m not sure they consider themselves as “black” per se; I know that many Africans that come to the states don’t see themselves as akin to black Americans all that often. Stupid TV and movies have made us look pretty bad even to them.

Well, I figure we’ll see as I go along how it goes. For now, let’s get going.

The first site I’m highlighting is called Racing Toward Diversity, and is the brainchild of Fields Jackson, who also made my list of 21 black social media influencers. His site highlights diversity initiatives of companies and businesses across the United States for all disenfranchised groups, so it’s just just about black people. There are multiple contributors on the site that write on the blog, white papers and case studies. There’s a jobs board and a consistent list of the top 25 most diverse companies in the country. Just so you know, the blog has a traditional commenting section, but they do tell you that it’s moderated. Diversity; it’s a good thing y’all.

The next site I’m highlighting is Lisa Irby’s 2 Create A Website, which also has blog that I thoroughly enjoy. She’s an entrepreneur who built up her site well before she decided to add a blog, and by the title you know she creates websites. Her knowledge is on par with anyone you can think of and her website is highly ranked, so I expect she’s killing it. Lisa was also featured as one of the 21 folks. On her site she offers lots of free advice, including how to get things set up for a website, self hosted blog, and is a proponent of Site Build It. She also has another eponymously named site (since Sire mentioned it, “eponymous” means it’s named after you) where she lists other websites she owns.

The last person I’m highlighting today is named Stanford Smith, who has a blog/website called Pushing Social, where he talks about all things social media and blogging, kind of like me. I keep wondering why in most places he has a picture that makes him look tough because I’ve seen his smiling picture and I think it’s a good thing. As a matter of fact, if you look at this post of his on getting readers to stay on your blog, which I liked a lot, you’ll see him smiling; tell me I’m wrong. 🙂 Anyway, he’s not only a blogger but is VP of marketing at a digital media company, which proves he knows what he’s talking about, and if this guy isn’t someone who should be known by more people, I don’t know who should be. Stanford was on my 20 black social media influencers list.

We’re done for now. Check them out, and fast!