Leonard Pitts had a good editorial today in Oregonian...he said if we even question whether this was racist, and with the fork remark I don't know how we would question it, when things were this blatant and went on and on..not just the slippage of one unacceptable word but a horrifying graphic, how could we ever hope to understand and see the subtle forms of racism (which I readily admit I don't see and in fact say why is this or that taboo etc.) mg