History Repaints Itself

History Repaints Itself, a short history of the 20th century, includes a piece in which a group of senators kicks the teeth out of hate-crimes legislation; a deft attack on lawyers? efforts to hire a minority employee; an Afrocentric poetry slam in which the poet accuses a white woman, who resists his advances, of racism; and a scenario in which the people of Illinois prefer to elect a pony to Springfield than re-endorse Gov. Ryan. Only at Second City…