‘Overheard In New York’ Finally Offends Guanabee (With Tired Jokes, Not Stereotyping)
21 June 2007, 1:39 PM. By Carlos Posas
Whether it reveals the general population’s confusion over Blatinos or hard-to-nickname Asian Latinos, the website that records faux pas’ from everyday conversations in and around New York has entertained us with at least two worthy moments in ethnic ambiguity. When it comes to offending our sense of humor, though, third time’s the charm! The headline for the following chat, a dialogue that’s funny as hell in its own right, tries to milk the occasion and fails by going for the easy punchlines (seen after the jump):
Thug: So, if I’m half black and half American Indian, that makes me Puerto Rico.
Thugette: I told you that you was Puerto Rican.
Since the title of each entry only makes sense after it’s read, we now give you the comic gem that urged us to comment: “I Could Build a Casino, Then Rob It.” A novel joke, really. Lord knows we haven’t heard a bit about casino-owning Native Americans and thieving Blacks and Puerto Ricans before.
As a result of such unfunny stereotyping, we promise to stop piping in conversations from Overheard In New York … at least until we run out of stuff to cover. Again.
I Could Build a Casino, Then Rob It [Overheard in New York]
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i have an ex-boyfriend (masshole irish, like he has any room to talk) who–to this day–makes jokes about me and hubcaps. mostly i just roll my eyes, because i don’t get the PR-car tire connection (i don’t own even own a car. what would i do with a hubcap?), but i’m secretly offended. let’s say it together: WIMP.
That reminds me of a couple I met. She was Chinese and he was Puerto Rican. The person who introduced us said: “Yeah, and if they ever had a child it would be a thief who couldn’t drive.” It was funny for about 1/8th of a second.