Mexican Roofer Stereotype

5:15

Tommy calls Eduardo pretending to be a neighbor who assumes all Hispanic people fix roofs and asks him to repair a leak.

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Speaker 1

Hello?

Speaker 1

Hello, I'm trying to reach Eduardo.

Speaker 2

Uh Eduardo.

Speaker 1

Eduardo, how you doing, man?

Speaker 1

Uh I'm one of your neighbors, man.

Speaker 1

I'm actually like two streets over.

Speaker 1

Uh I I wanted to see if you could come around here, man, and help me out, man.

Speaker 1

I got a leak in my roof.

Speaker 1

Are you able to come around the corner real quick and see about fixing my roof?

Speaker 2

Who who's this?

Speaker 1

Hey yeah, this Sammy, man.

Speaker 1

I live like two streets over from you.

Speaker 1

You you're Eduardo, right?

Speaker 2

Yes, is it Florida?

Speaker 1

Okay, hey, I I need you to I got a leak in my roof, man.

Speaker 1

I want to see if you can come around here and and take a look at me in your roof.

Speaker 2

I'm gonna charge me.

Speaker 2

What does that have to do with me?

Speaker 1

I no, no, I I got a leak in it.

Speaker 1

I it doesn't have anything to do with you, but I wanted to see if you could come around here and fix it for me.

Speaker 2

How did you get my number, man?

Speaker 2

What I mean, where where do you think?

Speaker 2

Uh I'm I would fix your roof.

Speaker 1

I I got your number from one of the neighbors, but you you you you're um you you you you're Hispanic, right?

Speaker 2

Yeah, uh no, I'm I'm I'm Hispanic.

Speaker 2

Well, I'm not from Hispania, I'm Mexican if that's what you're asking.

Speaker 1

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 2

Well I'm American, Mexican American I mean This is the you trying to be funny or what what what are you talking about?

Speaker 2

Why do I gotta go fix your roof?

Speaker 2

I mean what's the way you're gonna do it?

Speaker 1

Don't don't all Mexican people know how to do roofs?

Speaker 2

You know what, man?

Speaker 2

Don't talk to me like that.

Speaker 2

I'm an educated Mexican.

Speaker 2

I mean you work nightmare.

Speaker 2

Who the f do you do?

Speaker 2

Who who the f do you think you can call me because think that all Mexican fixed roofs and listen here.

Speaker 2

I'm not a roofer.

Speaker 2

I work at a bank, okay?

Speaker 2

You understand that?

Speaker 1

No, I I understand you work at a bank, but from my understanding, all Hispanic people, I mean what do you what do you what do you do with the bank?

Speaker 1

I mean you lay you do you lay tile at a bank?

Speaker 1

What do you what do you do with the bank?

Speaker 2

Listen, you ignorant.

Speaker 2

I work at a bank, I'm a loan officer.

Speaker 2

I am a dangerous I'm a Mexican with good credit, okay?

Speaker 2

I'm a dangerous Mexican.

Speaker 2

You're with the wrong person.

Speaker 2

Are you that stupid?

Speaker 2

Huh?

Speaker 2

What is the matter with you?

Speaker 2

Who who gave you my number?

Speaker 2

Where do you live?

Speaker 2

You can't be one of my neighbors.

Speaker 2

I haven't seen a retarded person walking around my neighborhood lately.

Speaker 1

I'm two streets over from you, man.

Speaker 1

I'm I'm somehow like I said, I got a r uh a leak in my roof and somebody gave me your number.

Speaker 1

I thought all Hispanic people knew how to fix roots.

Speaker 2

Oh, really?

Speaker 2

Maybe if I go cut your grass like a fig in a stereotype of all Huh?

Speaker 2

Would that be cool?

Speaker 2

Why don't you come over to my house?

Speaker 2

I'll tell you what.

Speaker 1

Hey, hey, hey, hey, man, you you you you taking this, you're taking this the wrong way.

Speaker 1

I'm trying to get you some work, man.

Speaker 1

I'm trying to what you all I really wanted to see if you could come over here and fix the leak.

Speaker 1

You know what I'm saying?

Speaker 1

That's that's really all I wanted to do.

Speaker 1

And I heard, you know, that most Hispanic people, you know, all y'all supposed to know how to do roof.

Speaker 1

I mean, okay, let me ask you this.

Speaker 1

Can you can you cut y'all can you cut my yard?

Speaker 2

Are you are you f<unk>ing kidding me, man?

Speaker 2

You stupid.

Speaker 2

I work at a bank.

Speaker 2

I've got a degree.

Speaker 2

You didn't hear me.

Speaker 2

You're one of them ignorant that don't listen to anything.

Speaker 2

I live in a nice neighborhood, man.

Speaker 2

What do you do you sell drugs to live in this neighborhood?

Speaker 2

You piece of Look at this.

Speaker 2

You're making me degrade myself by just talking to you.

Speaker 2

I don't do tile, I don't do construction, I don't fix rules, I'm not a mechanic.

Speaker 2

I don't do yards, okay?

Speaker 2

Do you steal?

Speaker 2

I there's nothing wrong with being a construction worker for laying brick or doing pile or doing roofing.

Speaker 2

There's nothing wrong with that, man.

Speaker 2

I got a lot of rescue.

Speaker 2

I've done those jobs myself, but I educated myself.

Speaker 2

Now I've got a degree and I work at a bank as a loan off.

Speaker 2

Don't you f with me?

Speaker 2

Don't you ever call me again.

Speaker 1

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

Speaker 1

Hey, I need English, man.

Speaker 1

I need English.

Speaker 1

English.

Speaker 1

What what what what are you saying, man?

Speaker 1

What are you saying?

Speaker 2

Hey man, don't don't don't be upset because I speak two fing languages and you speak one.

Speaker 2

Oh you can probably speak pig Latin or something like that.

Speaker 2

You know this you know what, man?

Speaker 2

I don't even I don't even like to talk like this.

Speaker 2

I work at a bank.

Speaker 2

I gotta deal with customers every day.

Speaker 2

And I deal with ignorance.

Speaker 2

I'm in like s I deal with ignorant on a daily basis like you.

Speaker 2

You think I play with you?

Speaker 2

Huh?

Speaker 2

Man, I grew up on the West side.

Speaker 1

You need to you need to watch your phone, okay?

Speaker 1

Hey man, let me let me let me ask you this though.

Speaker 1

Do you know Julio?

Speaker 2

Do you do do you know Julio's Yeah, I know Julio's f that that's my cousin, man.

Speaker 2

What what does he have to do with this?

Speaker 1

Okay, okay.

Speaker 1

Julio is the one that told me to call you.

Speaker 1

This is nephew Tommy from the Steve Harvey Morning Show, man.

Speaker 1

Your cousin just got me the prank phone call you.

Speaker 2

No, man.

Speaker 2

I nah, dude.

Speaker 2

No, man.

Speaker 2

That's

Speaker 1

and what

Speaker 2

yeah, man, yeah.

Speaker 2

I listen to that show, man.

Speaker 2

Y'all got me

Speaker 2

man.

Speaker 2

I was ready to be a real message on the hood, man.

Speaker 2

Golly.

Speaker 1

You all right, man?

Speaker 2

You got me, man.

Speaker 2

Uh I was gonna go back to be like my cousin.

Speaker 2

Woo, boy.

Speaker 1

Hey man, I got one more thing to ask you, Eduardo.

Speaker 1

What is the baddest and I mean the baddest radio show in the land?

Speaker 2

Man, Steve Harvey in the morning.

Speaker 2

Morning, man.

Speaker 2

He got me.

Speaker 2

Hey, Tommy, come on.

Speaker 2

Oh man, before you go, man.

Speaker 2

Tell your boy Steve to work for State Chad's with those fish, man.

Speaker 2

Hey, the homeboy from the hood would love that, man.

Speaker 2

It'd be one of the homeboys, man.