We just use it to make fun of natives.
Aussie girl: It’s not racist! Blackface doesn’t have the same connotation in Australia as it does here.
- Jewish Studies Building, McTavish
Aussie girl: It’s not racist! Blackface doesn’t have the same connotation in Australia as it does here.
- Jewish Studies Building, McTavish
Dude on the phone: Yeah man, hell yeah, I brought back Guiness. [...] You know the Land Before Time? Ireland’s like that.
- Milton and Aylmer
Asian girl: I hate being Asian!
- Modern East Asian History
Jewish girl: “This guy starting calling me a ‘JAP’, but I’m not even Asian!”
—Train from Montreal to Toronto
Guy: Oh my god, look at the Asian twins!
Girl (in a super accusatory voice): They’re not twins, they’re just both Asian!
- Rue Clark
A group of asian guys walking down the street, an African-American male walking behind them
Asian Guy: Its like a movie. Every time I look back, the black guy gets closer.
- Durocher
Prof: Is anyone in here Swedish?
Random kid: No, but I’m Finnish
T.A.: Well, it’s the last day of classes, we’re ALL Finnish!
(A fat Asian guy with red dyed hair walks by)
Really White Guy: Dude! That guys looks just like Hiro, you know from Heroes!
Friend: Are you an idiot that guy looked nothing like him. Man can’t you tell Asian guys apart.
White Guy: Of Course I can! Clearly you’re not a fan of the show.
- Outside Otto Maass near the garden.
Girl 1 (very pale): Ya you know, I just moved to Montreal, I’m from Bermuda.
Girl 2 (confused): but why aren’t you black?
- Roddick Gates
Toronto Girl on Phone: This bum asked for me, like, change, but I knew it was like a scam, because he didn’t even look like a bum. He was big and black…he looked kinda like a gangster!”
—Arts Steps