History Main / DiscriminateAndSwitch

** People who annoy you: N_GGERS. The answer is [[spoiler:NAGGERS]] of course. What else could it be?

* There's a related scene in ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'' when Dorothy objects to her son's marrying a black woman, but only because she's twice his age, while the bride expects her mother to object to the age difference, but she really objects because Dorothy's son is white.
** Blanche dared to attend her prom with Benjamin, despite the scorn of others. Dorothy assumes Benjamin was black. Nope. He was a Yankee from New Jersey.

* In ''An Apple Comes Out of the Cellar'', Apple Bloom, Granny Smith and Big Mac are all horrified and outraged when Applejack tells them she's a "fillyfooler" ... [[spoiler:because that word is homophobic]].

->'''Malory:''' Why, because I don't want my son to end up with a woman like Lana Kane? My God, a black ''[[CueCardPause [swallows some pills]]]'' ops field agent?\\

'''Medic:''' ''[{{Beat}}]'' ...oh, oh I thought you... never mind."

'''Ginger Groom''': ''[to his partner, mildly embarrassed]'' Why didn't ''you'' spot it?

** The FreakyFridayFlip story "Freaky" from the pages of ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' had Peter give a brisk TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to the assembled ComicBook/XMen after they interfere in his life. "Do you know why people hate you? It's not because you're mutants! It's because you're a bunch of [[SymbolSwearing @#$#$ $@$%@ ##@$]]!! That's why!!"

* ''Literature/NewJediOrder:'' In Jagged Fel's first appearance, he causes a momentary incident when he walks past several New Republic officials, causing them to accuse him of being anti-alien, [[{{Hypocrite}} like all humans]]. He points out that if that was the case, he wouldn't be working with the very obviously alien Chiss. He ignored them because they were ''politicians''. (Also, Jagged severely lacks in the social graces department as is.)

** Lucille complains about having been woken by a "colored man". The color in question being ''blue''; her son-in-law was trying out for the Blue Man Group and didn't warn her before coming over.

* This sort of bait-and-switch is often used non-comedically in works where a lesbian or same-sex relationship is rejected by their family -- not because they're gay, but because their partner is the 'wrong kind' of pony.

* In an episode of ''Series/OpenAllHours'', a new employee at Grace Bros. turns out to be an undercover recruitment agent, who tells the staff of potential jobs at other stores. He's on the phone with one potential employer talking up [[AmbiguouslyGay Mr. Humphries']] abilities, when the guy on the other side of the call asks him something, he looks Humphries over and nervously says "he might be"; then he turns to Mr. Humphries and asks him "You're not a militant trades unionist are you?"

->'''Malory:''' Why, because I don't want my son to end up with a woman like Lana Kane? My God, a black ''[swallows some pills]'' ops field agent?\\

* In ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'s'' spoof of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'', CJ shoots up a gay wedding in a drive-by but explains to Kendl that he's only killing them because they're white.

* ''[[Literature/Artemis]]'': Dale asks Ammar (a devout Muslim) if he hates him because he’s Jewish or because he’s gay. Ammar replies that he hates him for breaking his daughter’s heart, which Dale admits is fair.

* ''Literature/Artemis'': Dale asks Ammar (a devout Muslim) if he hates him because he’s Jewish or because he’s gay. Ammar replies that he hates him for breaking his daughter’s heart, which Dale admits is fair.

'''Bill:''' Beat the traffic, it'll be berserk!\\

* In an episode of ''WebAnimation/CampCamp'', AmbiguouslyBrown Max gets refused service by a bartender who doesn't serve "your kind". After Max demands to know who "your kind" are, the bartender points out that he means kids, and that Max is legally prohibited from drinking alcohol.

* In an episode of ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'', Hal's the only white guy at Abe's game of poker, and spends the whole evening feeling like an outsider, then rants for days at the way they treated him. Eventually, he confronts Abe and, after some baiting, exclaims "You and your friends ganged up on me because ''I'm not a professional''"--Abe's others friends being lawyers, dentists and so on. Abe then claims that it was because he's bad at poker and the two decide to have a rematch, with Hal exclaiming "I will OWN you!" [[InnocentlyInsensitive before hastily apologizing]].

'''Characters/{{Wolverine|JamesLoganHowlett}}:''' You got a problem with mutants?\\

** During Ben Reilly's tenure as Spider-Man during ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga'', he was {{mistaken for racist}} by an African-American undercover cop for his hostile behavior towards the cop. The real reason for Ben's behavior towards the man was the manager of the coffee bar he worked at was the cop's ex-wife, who expressed concern for her son being near him, and said the man was bad news and wasn't reliable--and also neglected to mention the fact he was a cop.

** During the ''United We Stand'' crossover in ''[[ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man]]'', [[Characters/UltimateSpiderManMilesMorales Miles Morales]] gets captured by a brainwashed [[ComicBook/YoungAvengers Cassie Lang.]] When Cassie reports to her superiors that the new Spider-Man isn't what they'd expect, Miles calls her a racist, only to then realize she's referring to the fact that he's only 13, not that he's black.

* Played for laughs in ''ComicBook/UncannyAvengers''. [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]] worries aloud that her teammates aren't listening to her orders because she's a woman, but Characters/{{Deadpool|WadeWilson}} counters by saying maybe they're doing so because she's a {{mutant|s}}.

* ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'': Holly finally snaps at Commander Root for being so by-the-book with [[CowboyCop her]], and that if she wasn't a woman (she's the only female LEP officer aside from public-relations "bimbo" Corporal Frond) he wouldn't be so tough on her. Root agrees that it ''is'' because she's a woman... but for the wrong reason. On the contrary, he holds her to a higher standard because he knows she has the skills, and if she can be a model officer then it will show the higher-ups that women are equally capable and mean other women will one day join the force as well. He also notes that her capabilities are far beyond what he'd expected.

* ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'': Holly finally snaps at Commander Root for being so by-the-book with [[CowboyCop her]], and that if she wasn't a woman (she's the only female officer aside from the public-relations bimbo) he wouldn't be doing half of what she's going through. Root agrees that it ''is'' because she's a woman... but for the wrong reason. On the contrary, if she can handle the unpreferential treatment, then there's hope that other women will one day join the force as well. He also notes that her capabilities are far beyond what he'd expected.

* In ''Series/Veep'', Mike is showing the rest of the team pictures of the baby girl he and his wife are adopting from China.

-->'''Ginger Groom''': ''[to his partner, mildly embarrassed]'' Why didn't ''you'' spot it?