Black lady on cell: I said, ‘Yeah, I’m black, but dat don’ mean I be makin’ counterfeit money!’
Food Lion
Sanford, North Carolina
Overheard by: Elizabeth
Black lady on cell: I said, ‘Yeah, I’m black, but dat don’ mean I be makin’ counterfeit money!’
Food Lion
Sanford, North Carolina
Overheard by: Elizabeth
Little girl to mother: I always get weirded out when we come to Asian markets.
Mom: Why is that?
Little girl: Because there are so many Asian people in one place!
Mom: Why is that weird?
Uwajimaya
Seattle, Washington
Overheard by: Koley
Girl: Everyone knows Barbie is disproportional. Look! She has no butt! And her waist is tiny.
[Pause.]Professor: I bet black Barbie has a big butt.
Los Angeles, California
Light-skinned black woman: I’m just saying, I’d have been in the home and not in the fields.
Taco Mac
Atlanta, Georgia
Black 20-something guy to friend: Sir Mix-a-Lot killed more black people in the 90s than heart disease and Aids combined.
Phoenix, Arizona
Overheard by: I know his pain
Tall, skinny kid: He's…like…suspiciously Asian.
Tall skinny friend: That's what I thought too!
Arby's
Tempe, Arizona
Guy in sociology class: So male and female… Are those races?
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Overheard by: doug
Woman #1: So how did the date go?
Woman #2: Well, he started telling me about his favorite books, and I was all: “you know niggas can't read!”
Georgia
