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English Is a Stupid Language, Amiga

White girl: Opera.
Salvadoran guy: Like the black chick?
White girl: No, that's Oprah.

–Lawton St, Brooklyn

Overheard by: Eric Frazier

  • Posted on July 30, 2009
  • About Celebrities, Brooklyn, Girls, Guys, Latinos, Questions, Race, Singing, Stupidity, White People, Words
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