History Main / YouKnowImBlackRight

--> '''Person B:''' *turns them around to face Person C ''right behind them'', who is Asian*

** Actually, with Woozie, Carl didn't know he was blind until an aide told him. Carl had trouble believing it because they were in a car race the week before. Also, to clarify, the 'no shit' answer was Carl doing a bad job at disguising the fact he already knew.

* Somewhat subverted in DCComics' ''{{Steel}}'': Natasha Irons says to her white friend, "Boris, in case you haven't noticed, I'm black", before realising that he's just [[TheDitz such a ditz]] it honestly hasn't occurred to him there's an unfortunate association in giving her a watermelon[[note]]An old American trope that the best way to portray a lazy Black slave or even freeman was to show a scrawny old slave, lounging on a porch, eating a watermelon. The "blacks love watermelon and fried chicken" idea is a well-worn staple of stereotypical humor[[/note]] as a gift.

** Of course, this may not necessarily be any better on Cox's part, since he seems to be suggesting race is determined by behaviors, as if Turk is less "black" because he listens to Neil Diamond and is best friends with a white guy.
*** Of course, some would argue being born into any particular group carries with it some obligation to participate in that group's culture, but that's a question that's waaaaay above our pay grade...

** In Sokka's defense, Toph could "see" well enough with her DisabilitySuperpower that it's pretty easy to see how he could forget she was impaired. On a number of occasions, ''Toph'' forgets she's disabled - witness when she asks why she can't put posters up, while painting glue across a poster's ''front'' before putting it on a wall: "...it's upside-down, isn't it?"

* In the film, ''TheJerk'', Navin (played by SteveMartin), after striking it rich, was talking to several financial advisers and people who wanted him to invest his newfound wealth. One guy was suggesting a housing/apartment complex and detailed that they would of course keep the "niggers" away. Navin, who was raised by a black family (oblivious to his own whiteness for decades), snapped at him, saying "Sir, you are talking to a nigger!" and proceeded to kick his ass with martial arts skills not shown before or after in the movie.
* At the beginning of ''StandByMe'', Chris, Teddy, and Gordie are sitting in their tree-house, playing cards, when Chris decides to tell a joke.

** Also, if you happen to travel with certain Nords, while fighting other races, they'll occasionally shout out "Skyrim belongs to the Nords!"... Even if you're not a Nord at all.

* Somewhat subverted in DCComics' ''{{Steel}}'': Natasha Irons says to her white friend, "Boris, in case you haven't noticed, I'm black", before realising that he's just [[TheDitz such a ditz]] it honestly hasn't occurred to him there's an unfortunate association in giving her a watermelon as a gift.
** For those who are not Americans: This joke refers to the old American trope that the best way to portray a lazy Black slave or even freeman was to show a scrawny old slave, lounging on a porch, eating a watermelon. The "blacks love watermelon and fried chicken" idea is a well-worn staple of stereotypical humor.

-->'''Black Mage:''' Look, if [[YourMom your mother]] had made dresses, I would have called her a tailor instead.

* ''MassEffect''
--> '''Shepard:''' You? I said a badass, not some scout whining like a Quarian with a tummyache.

* From ''Series/{{Community}}'' a few members of the study group ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg]] and Chang) are riffing on a bad movie. The (relatively) TroubledSympatheticBigot Pierce tries to do so too, but his horribly racist and sexist attempts somehow fall flat.

* From ''{{Community}}'' a few members of the study group ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Chang) are riffing on a bad movie. The (relatively) TroubleSympatheticBigot Peirce tries to do so too, but his horribly racist and sexist attempts somehow fall flat.
-> '''Peirce''': "Directed by Kim Yang." Asian. Can't drive, can't direct.
-> '''Chang''': Dude, I'm right here.

* A FantasticRacism example in the 2008 ''[[Anime/DragonBallZ]]'' special; upon seeing Tarble's alien wife Gure, Master Roshi comments that "Saiyans pick strange wives", which understandably ticks off Bulma and Chi-Chi, the two human wives of the main (saiyan) characters.

-->''Sokka'': It's so dark in here, I can't see a thing!
-->''Toph'': [[SarcasmMode Oh no, what a nightmare!]]

-->''Toph'': Oh, sure, ask the blind girl to pilot the airship.
-->''Sokka'': Actually, I was talking to Suki.
-->''Toph'': Oh. That would make more sense.

-->'''Malory''': What are you, deaf ''and'' racist?
-->'''Lana''': ''Racist''? I'm black--
-->'''Malory''': Oh, put it back in the deck.

** '''Scout:''' I mean, yah, but I mean, well, not ''you guys.'' I mean those "me no speake" Mexicans.

* In an episode of ThirdRockFromTheSun, Dick has this happen to him multiple times in the same few minutes, so, in order to prevent it from happening to him again, he puts a sticky note on his secretary reading 'Nina is Black'. It was actually a running gag that the Solomons literally could not tell the difference, and eventually seemed to conclude the difference was entirely cultural.

* A literal and funny version on ''Blind Justice'', when Jim (white and blind) jokingly claims that he was unaware of his (black) co-worker Tom's race:

* From {{Community}} a few members of the study group ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Chang) are riffing on a bad movie. The (relatively) TroubleSympatheticBigot Peirce tries to do so too, but his horribly racist and sexist attempts somehow fall flat.

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* In the second ''NightHuntress'' book, Cat gets really pissed about her team's racism against vampires without remembering that she is half-vampire herself.
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* Subverted in TheFarSide: One elephant is calming another elephant down who just heard an elephant joke said by one human to another: "He probably didn't know you were an elephant when he said that!"

* Used in an episode of [[SixTeen 6Teen]]. While trying to ditch a crazy stalker girl, she thinks Jude and Wyatt are identical twins. Now go over to the page. Wyatt is the black guy in the red sweater. Jude is the skater dude in the ski cap. This finally leads Wyatt to snap, delivering this little gem.

* Parodied very, very heavily with Mechazawa in ''CromartieHighSchool'', whom ''no one ever notices'' [[spoiler: is actually a robot]], and not [[spoiler:the [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot human-looking kind]] either; he looks like a trashcan.]] It turns out to be more like the ElephantInTheRoom: ''everyone'' knows [[spoiler:Mechazawa's a robot]], but as made clear when his kid brother shows up, [[spoiler:they consider this to be a personal issue and not for public discussion.]]

--> '''Shepard:''' "You? I said a badass, not some scout whining like a Quarian with a tummyache."
--> '''Tali:''' "ImStandingRightHere!

* Parodied very, very heavily with Mechazawa in ''CromartieHighSchool'', whom ''no one ever notices'' [[spoiler: is actually a robot]], and not [[spoiler:the [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot human-looking kind]] either; he looks like a trashcan.]] The it turns out to be more like the ElephantInTheRoom: ''everyone'' knows [[spoiler:Mechazawa's a robot]], but as made clear when his kid brother shows up, [[spoiler:they consider this to be a personal issue and not for public discussion.]]

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** For context, because it's interesting: the scene is an alternate ending to an episode which deals heavily with race relations .