Pulse/Impulse

All good things come in threes. Maybe a third will make the last two “Chinks” whole.

Why are we silent about the racism all around us? We don’t live in the ’50s. Our president is a mutt. He and his wife just gave Queen Elizabeth an iPod for God’s sake. We’re so new, so past that but I know I can’t be the only person experiencing racism in St. Louis, so what gives? Do we always have to write about racism in the past tense, like “Native Son” or “To Kill A Mockingbird” or “Chicago 8″? Is the topic too sensitive or are we just afraid to admit that it’s here, now, and raging?