Race

Dispatcher to officer: Holland and Outer, for a male black wearing only a pink sheet running in and out of traffic.

Saginaw, Michigan

Coworker #1, about Hispanic workers outside: I wonder if they are Mexican.
Coworker #2: They could be.
Coworker #3: Maybe they're Guatemalan.
Coworker #1: Or Puerto Rican.
Coworker #3: No, they're not Puerto Rican. They're not wearing purple.

Glens Falls, New York

Coworker to another: Don't trust him, he's evil and Singaporean. Double trouble!

Sydney
Australia

Supervisor: What are you eating?
Office minion: It's a Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme chocolate bar.
Supervisor: That looks gross! It's all black and white.
Office minion: Are you kidding? It's racial harmony in a bar.

Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: Meha

Director: How was your vacation?
African American employee: It was good.
Director: You're so dark you can lay in the sun for two minutes, then hang at the Tiki bar all day.

Park Ridge, New Jersey

Overheard by: Lucy

Cubicle mole to another: Yeah, every time I see that guy I think “next time I see him he's gonna have a Chinese wife.” Hey, do you remember Suzie? I wonder if she still has herself a Chinese baby…

Greenville, Texas

Overheard by: Mike

There Are So Few Good Roles for African-American Actors

Woman in hardware store, holding tube of black caulk: Does this caulk come in a smaller size?
Helpful hardware dude: No ma'm, black caulk only comes in large sizes.

Hardware Store
San Antonio, Texas

Overheard by: of course it does…..

White female applicant taking computer test: Wait. My screen just went all Stevie Wonder.
Manager: Stevie Wonder?
Female applicant: You know… All black.

Scottsdale, Arizona

Overheard by: Seriously?

Indian coworker: I'm not a racist, it's just a culture thing.

New Jersey

Overheard by: Lainey

Partner #1: Now we'll have to kiss that Jew bastard's fat ass all day long.
Partner #2: What Jew bastard?
Partner #1: Our fucking kike client, that's who!
Partner #2: We should've stayed in Albany, where we could tell those Jew bastards where to go.
Partner #1: Yeah, those were the days alright.

Manhattan, New York