Who's Black and White and Back from the Dead All Over?

Black girl, holding up picture she drew of black Jesus: My hero is Jesus Christ.
White kid: Jesus isn't black.
Black girl: Yes, he is!
White kid: No, he's white!
Uncomfortable teacher: Now, now, let's just say Jesus is all colors!

Art Class, Middle School
Maryland

Posted on April 6, 2018
Black people, Education, Jesus, Maryland, Race, School [Elem., Middle, & High], Students, Teachers, Whiteys

I Knew Those DJ Lessons Were a Poor Idea

White father: There’s Burger King, Subway, Taco Bell.
Six-year-old son: [no response].
White father: There’s sushi.
Six-year-old son: Aw shizzle!

Food Court, King of Prussia Mall
Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Carrie

Posted on March 11, 2018
Compare and contrast, Dads, Food, Kids, Malls, Offers and requests, Pennsylvania, Whiteys

As Well As a Yumminess Thing

Black girl on one side: We look like an Oreo!
White girl in middle (jokingly): Oh, is that a race thing?
Black girl on the other side: Yes.

Outside Harvard Medical School
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Posted on August 10, 2017
Black people, Colleges & Universities, Compare and contrast, Default, Food, Girls, Massachusetts, Questions, Race, Students, Whiteys

Do White People Even Have “People”?

Group of white guys: We’re visiting here from South Africa.
Loud drunk girl: Do you miss your people?

Arlington, Virginia

Posted on January 14, 2017
Drunks, Questions, Race, Stupidity, Virginia, Whiteys

A Black Friend Wearing Fubu Might Even Get Me Free Drinks

White girl: I wish I had an Obama t-shirt to wear tonight. (pause) Although I’m sure if I brought a black friend it’d be just the same.

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/overheardinminneapolis/~3/304049829/thats-how-you-get-to-the-front-row.html

Overheard by: lb

Posted on February 8, 2016
Default, Girls, Overheard in Minneapolis, Politics, Race, Whiteys

Now I Have a Little More Captain in Me Than Most People

30-something white lady: I just shove it down my pants. But it's not beer, it's Captain Morgan!

BART Escalator
San Francisco, California

Overheard by: Hott Bi Luv

Posted on January 15, 2016
Clothes, Default, Drinking & drunks, Euphemisms, San Francisco, Train, Whiteys, Women

The “Hugs, Not Drugs” Campaign Has Had Mixed Results

Huge gangsta boy: Maaaan, gimme a hug!
Preppy white friend: What?! No!
Huge gansta boy: What the fuck, man, just gimme a goddam hug!

High School
Nashville, Tennessee

Posted on November 7, 2015
Feelings, Friends, Insults, Offers and requests, Preppies, School [Elem., Middle, & High], Tennessee, Thugs, Whiteys

Sadly Wayne Brady Would Never Attain His Mother's Dream

White mother to white toddler son: You're going to be black by the time we leave!

Grand Sierra Resort Pool
Reno, Nevada

Posted on October 9, 2015
Kids, Moms, Nevada, Parenting, Race, Whiteys

Said I Hated Black People Enough for Both Of Us

Black guy to white girl: I hate black people!
White girl: You hate yourself?
Black guy: No. I just hate black people. They're always late. And they tell me to wear my pants down. I made friends with a white supremacist.
White girl: But they hate you!
Black guy: He liked me…

Norman, Oklahoma

Posted on August 5, 2015
Black people, Clothing, Gripes, Oklahoma, Race, Stupidity, Whiteys

Um, It's Not Messy– It's Calligraphy.

Preppy white boy: You're both women, and you're Asian! How can you have messy handwriting??
Professor: Wait, did I really just hear that?

Indianapolis, Indiana

Overheard by: The non-asian woman

Posted on July 22, 2015
Asians, Compare and contrast, Gender issues, Indiana, Preppies, Questions, Race, Stupidity, Teachers, Whiteys

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