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23 Insensitive Racist Moments People Witnessed

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We were in a high school class for calculus and our teacher was gone sick. Our substitute lets call him Mr. Borris, was a Russian man with a thick accent. He was calling role and when he got to my name he sat there thought to him self and than could not read my last name and said “Chinese kid”

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I was staying with someone who had 2 young kids. While the kids were sitting around with the family watching The Travel Channel and the husband says, “Chinese people are the ugliest people on earth. I hope we can see these f*ckers burn and die in horrible ways.”

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Meeting my ex’s best friend who was basically like a brother to him. While talking about his neighborhood he said, “I am so tired of all the n*ggers in my neighborhood.”

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After being complimented by a very nice older black gentleman, a white guy told the black gentleman to ‘not talk to our women’ that way. I think he thought I was out of ear shot, so I came back around and told him exactly what I thought of him, and ended it with saying, ‘I am no one’s woman!’ The lady behind the counter applauded.

Written by Irvi Torremoro

Irvi Torremoro is an Austinite by way of Las Vegas. She's worked in various outlets in food & beverage and is now focused on writing, eating all the things, talking about Beyonce, and petting all the puppies. She runs flavorandbounty.com, a lifestyle blog about people in the service industry.