Teen girl to teen friends: I wish I was mixed race–not really black. I mean, you're brown all year round.
Nottingham
England
Overheard by: Johnny
White mother to teen daughters after black family walks by: I’m so glad you two aren’t black! Then I’d have to put all those little beads in your hair and–well I’m just really glad.
Versailles, Kentucky
Lady suit on cell: Yeah, I wanna just have wild, heathen sex sometime… Well, he is black…
Panera Bread
Indianapolis, Indiana
Overheard by: kat
Student: This morning I watched Walker, Texas Ranger. They're always going around talking to Native Americans.
Professor: That's good.
Decorah, Iowa
Black girl, after seeing renaissance a cappella group rehearsing: White people be doing the most ridiculous things! No offense…
Williams College
Williamstown, Massachusetts
Overheard by: None taken
Girl #1: One time, this Colombian dude was hitting on me…
Girl #2, interrupting: What? Like from Columbia, Missouri?
Girl #1: No. This country–he was like Arab or something.
St. Louis, Missouri
Overheard by: A.
Woman: Everyone's been asking me why I didn't bring my boyfriend!
Man: Why didn't you bring him? Too many Jews?
Woodstock, New York
Overheard by: Becca
British lady: My, look at that — they’ve cast a black man as Othello…
Othello performance, Stratford Festival Theatre
Canadia
Blonde #1: Woaaaaah!
Blonde #2: What?
Blonde #1: Look! A black guy!
Blonde #2: Woaaah!
Valencia Mall, California
Overheard by: Tim
