Jemele Hill

Twice during the height of Paris Hilton's jailhouse saga, MSNBC made the controversial decision to shelve segments on the strange disappearance of 22-year-old Stepha Henry – an African-American woman who mysteriously vanished on vacation in Miami – in favor of live coverage of the spoiled hotel heiress.

A most recent editorial of the Sunday Observer urged me to pay close attention to a few recent issues regarding race, rape and politics.