Chick, breaking long silence: Look! An Asian!
Everyone on bus, in unison: Yay!
High school bus
Englewood, Colorado
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.
Daughter #1: Mom, do you remember when we were little and we met that little boy whose name was Chelsea?
Daughter #2: Who the hell would name their boy ‘Chelsea’?!
Mom: Well, they might have been oriental, you guys.
Columbus, Ohio
Little Hispanic boy: I want more food.
Dad, calmly: Okay. We just have to get another plate.
Little Hispanic boy: But I want more food!
Dad: Okay! We just need to go get you another plate.
Little Hispanic boy: But I want more food!
Dad, yelling: I said ‘okay’! I just have to get you a new plate!
Little Hispanic boy, shocked: You yelled at me…
Dad: Well, I tried speaking to you like a white man, but you wouldn’t listen.
Chinese buffet
Reading, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Hole
Asian guy to friends, with black stranger behind them: It’s like a movie — every time I look back, the black guy gets closer.
http://www.overheardatmcgill.com/archives/2007/06/14/donovan-bailey-the-man-the-black-man-now-on-dvd/
Overheard by:
Drunk guy: America is the greatest! If you don’t like it, get out! Out with the riff-raff!
Friend: Stanley the Racist would be so proud of you.
Drunk guy: Man, it was great seeing Stanley the Racist again. Next time I see him, I’m going to give him a big man-hug.
E line
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: elena
Young black woman #1: What’s We Own the Night about?
Young black woman #2: One guy’s a cop, and his brother is a gangster or something.
Young black woman #1: Does it have black people in it or white people?
Young black woman #2: White people.
Young black woman #1: Let’s see something else.
Columbus, Ohio
Overheard by: Jason Bourne
Guy: Nah, Ed, you can’t ever be creepy — you’re Asian.
Ed, indignantly: Dude!
Guy: I mean, unless you’re a ninja–
Passerby: –With a sword!
Algonquin Conference Center
Ottawa, Ontario
Canadia
