exclusive Mediaite has learned that Carlos Watson, anchor of MSNBC's 11 a.m. weekday show, "Live with Carlos Watson," will no longer be anchoring that hour on the network. An MSNBC spokesperson confirmed the rumor, which we learned via Mediaite columnist Danielle Belton on her website, The Black Snob. MSNBC spokesperson Alana Russo said that yes, Watson's hour had been canceled, but that he will remain a contributor with MSNBC. (more...)

Shall we all hold hands? Should we sing "Kumbya?"

"If my experience leads to the lessening of the occurrence of racial profiling, then I would find that enormously gratifying. Because, in the end, this is not about me at all; it is about the creation of a society in which 'equal justice before law' is a lived reality." (Henry Louis Gates, The Root)

On Friday, President Barack Obama surprised the Washington Press Corps with an impromptu jacking of the daily press briefing to "clarify" his comments on the arrest of scholar Henry Louis Gates. (more...)