Race

Old white lady: Excuse me, where do you keep your knickers?
White supervisor, nervously: What? I don’t have any…

Clothing store
Ocala, Florida

Professor: America is a melting pot.
Dude: America is not a melting pot… It’s more of a Lunchable. We are all in the same place, but we keep to our own little compartments.

1906 College Heights Boulevard
Bowling Green, Kentucky

Overheard by: hyacinth_hunter

Assistant: Are you stealing things already?
Marketing rep: Are you saying that because I’m black?

9401 West Brown Deer Road
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Overheard by: T

Nurse #1: And I don’t know. I just started having this anxiety attack.
Nurse #2: Well, on the bright side, I just made a Klan hood for my finger.

Royal Oak, Michigan

Graphic designer to PR guy : But I know what you mean, all black people do look the same.

Rochester, New York

Paper-white new dad: Would like you to see a picture of my son?
Coworker: Oh, he's so cute! What ethnicity is your wife?
Paper-white new dad: She's Spanish.
Coworker: Oh, I love brown babies.
Paper-white new dad: What, excuse me?

West 22nd Street
New York City, New York

Overheard by: Phil F.

IT guy #1: Asian. Asiaaaann.
IT guy #2: Like, 800 years old. A thousand. Thousands of years old.
IT guy #1: Asian. Asian. Asian.

43rd & Madison
New York City, New York

Overheard by: WTF?!

Manager: I hate it when black people make a big deal about being black when they accept awards. It’s like the Holocaust; they have to get over it.

4189 Route 9
Freehold, New Jersey

Overheard by: Robert Max Freeman

Office drone #1: Hey, did you know the new guy was a mix? Yeah, he's half Haitian and half Mexican.
Office drone #2: Really, no way!
Office drone #1: Yeah, really!
Office drone #2: Hmmm, shows what I know about people, I thought he was white.

Madison Ave
New York City, New York

Boss: The black one is almost 88% bigger, but the yellow one is more efficient.
Coworker: Let's just stick with the white ones, it's simple and we know how they work.

Raleigh, North Carolina