] To be an American is to receive a continuing education on
] race. But one does not, perhaps, expect to receive
] lessons from a dog. Then along came Percy, a young pit
] bull friends of mine found in Brooklyn's Fort Greene park
] last summer. The couple had little dog experience between
] them, but Percy appeared at that point in a relationship
] when increasingly large gestures of commitment are
] required (the engagement would come five months later),
] and he was taken in on a probationary basis. He proved to
] be sweet-tempered, if excitable, goofy and energetic,
] easily house-trained. In balance, a lot of fun. There's
] just one problem: Percy is a racist.