The Back Of the Shelves?

Black student: Where's the ethnic section?
White librarian: The what?
Black student: The ethnic section…you know, where all the books by black people are.
White librarian: We don't have an ethnic section, dear. You'll have to browse the shelves.

Longview College, Missouri

Overheard by: Sarah

Posted on April 2, 2009
Black people, Books, Colleges & Universities, Default, Missouri, Offers and requests, Questions, Race, Students

I'm a Bit Worried About Our “White Power” T-Shirts

Girl #1, looking at group of guys hanging out on the corner: They look like skinheads!
Girl #2: They're black.

Claremont, California

Posted on March 29, 2009
California, Compare and contrast, Default, Girls, Race, Words

“Barack Hussein Obama?” Please.

Woman to thug in fur coat: Now, I don't even know your real name or your birth certificate name.
Thug in fur coat, puzzled: Most black people don't know each other's real names!

New Brunswick, New Jersey

Overheard by: EmGusk

Posted on March 8, 2009
Compare and contrast, Default, Names, New Jersey, Race, Thugs, Women

Dog: Oh, No She Didn't!

Girl at bakery: Awwww…look at the puppy! Well, I don't know, it could just be a multiracial dog.

Dupont Circle
Washington, DC

Posted on March 3, 2009
Animals, Compare and contrast, Default, Girls, Race, Stores, Washington, DC

Hence the Babies

Hispanic teenager with baby, yelling out of bus doors: You're an icy bitch!
Chinese woman, muttering loudly: Fucking immigrants.

Bus Station
Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: another immigrant

Posted on February 10, 2009
Bus, Compare and contrast, Default, Foreigners, Girls, Illinois, Insults, Race, Women

…No, Seriously, Check Out This Rash.

Four-year-old boy holding 20-something girl's hand: I've got jungle fever! I've got jungle fever!

Jungle Cruise Line
Walt Disney World, Florida

Posted on January 30, 2009
Default, Florida, Girls, Guys, Kids, Race, Relationships

Oh For The Bland Culture of Yesteryear!

Political science TA: Gays and Mexicans are ruining America. Gays have no culture, and Mexicans are making everything…spicy.

Herter Hall, UMass
Amherst, Massachusetts

Posted on January 2, 2009
Colleges & Universities, Default, Food, Massachusetts, Race, Sexuality, Students

Martin Luther King: Facepalm

Boy: Why didn't black people just move back to Africa after slavery ended?
Girl: They didn't have the money to.
Boy: They could have gotten the money if they really wanted.
Girl: They didn't want to move back to Africa! They wanted to stay here, they just wanted equal rights. What's wrong with that?
Boy: I'm just saying that they could have moved back if they wanted rights and stuff.
Girl: That's the most retarded thing I've ever heard. Seriously, just stop talking.
(some time later)
Girl: This is why I hate white people, no offense you guys. I don't hate you personally, just as a race in general. They piss me off.
Boy: That's racist. Wow, this tastes good.

Panera at Fashion Square Mall
Orlando, Florida