Non-Asian student to Asian student: Dude, I keep forgetting you’re Asian.
Asian student: I know! Me too!
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/283448924/i-often-forget-im-not-asian.html
Overheard by: m. Jo.
Non-Asian student to Asian student: Dude, I keep forgetting you’re Asian.
Asian student: I know! Me too!
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/283448924/i-often-forget-im-not-asian.html
Overheard by: m. Jo.
Teen boy to other teen boy: You’d be racist if you weren’t so funny.
Leeds, England
Overheard by: Ashleigh
Black student to white teacher: So we’re going to Sarasota to visit a college up there. Do you know the easiest way to get there?
White teacher: Sure! You can take I-75 straight up, and if you want to stop for something to eat, there’s Cracker Barrel all over the place.
Black student: Cracker Barrel? Umm, no, I don’t think so…
Design and Architecture High School
Miami, Florida
Little boy to his mother: Why is everybody white and I’m brown?
Harvard Square
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Asian girl: I hate being Asian!
http://www.overheardatmcgill.com/archives/2007/07/29/asians-of-the-jewish-persuasion/
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Clerk: Hitler was a black man. Did you know that?
Long’s Drugs
Oakland, California
Chick, breaking long silence: Look! An Asian!
Everyone on bus, in unison: Yay!
High school bus
Englewood, Colorado
Asian girl: Well, I don’t know what it’s like being white.
White girl: You feel guilty all the time.
White guy: Yeah, for things you never did.
Asian girl: Awesome!
Centennial College
Toronto, Ontario
Canadia
Overheard by: Meech
Hobo: Damn, shorty, you lookin’ good!
Black girl, groping white boy passerby: I don’t like the dark chocolate — I need a boy I can see my reflection in!
Washington, DC
Overheard by: D.B.
Guy: I knew a Japanese bloke once. He changed his name to Smith… Mind you, he still looked Japanese.
http://overheardlines.blogspot.com/2007/06/old-guy-in-pub.html
Overheard by: O.B.
