Don't try this at Work

If you teach at a public school in a racially diverse part of America, you should probably NEVER say (even if in complete innocence) this:

When asked by a non-white student if he could copy some one's assignment, I responded, "This is America! We aren't lazy!"

You better believe I apologized up and down and seriously had no intentions of making it sound that way. Whew. I turned red. Embarrassing.