July 28, 2003

Racist things that I have heard since starting this job

• A coworker saying that his old car will be worthless when he resells it in a few years: Or I could just go down here and sell it to a Mexican, they'll buy it.
• A coworker talking to a client about Underground Atlanta: Well, they have had some problems - it has gotten rough down there, you know - darkened up.
• A coworker (actually 2) suggested that I not go to the Cheesecake Factory downtown because: It's like all black now.
• A coworker showing me an email forward entitled ghetto prom. After looking at a few pictures of some black high school kids in nice suits and brightly-colored dresses, he remarked: Man, that is some nig*** shit.
• A coworker making a racist joke: What's the worst thing that you can call a black person that starts with 'n' and ends with 'r'? Neighbor.
• Coworkers discussing a recent law that prevents a lot of people from riding in the back of a truck, which is a common way for manual laborers to get to work: Well how are Mexicans going to get anywhere now? Maybe they can pack them underneath straw in a line like they did on slave ships.
• A coworker complaining about how he has to go to the bank physically to deposit his wife's paycheck: Her boss is a fucking Jew so he is trying to save some money so he won't do direct deposit.
• You know now they want to give the poor another tax break, which is fair since they don't pay any freaking taxes anyway.(Not really racist, but classist and conservative and it has bounced around in my head since I heard it.)
• A coworker talking about what the city of Miami is like after going there for the first time: It's like a fucking third-world country down there - they have signs that say: "We speak English".

I am saddened by how long this list is, as there are probably things that I have forgotten to include.

July 28, 2003 02:51 PM