Black chick: Yo, you shoulda talked to that nigga at church.
Friend: You ain’t supposed to say ‘nigga’ — it’s African-American month.
–Q train, Prospect Park stop
Overheard by: Jude
Black chick: Yo, you shoulda talked to that nigga at church.
Friend: You ain’t supposed to say ‘nigga’ — it’s African-American month.
–Q train, Prospect Park stop
Overheard by: Jude
Teen #1: Yo, what are you doing?
Teen #2: Looking.
Teen #3: Yo, man, you always looking for something.
Teen #2: We African, man! We needs to hunt!
–Bleecker & Mercer
Overheard by: Michele
Black female customer: “Forget it, girl you must be suffering from NIGligence”
– At Au Bon Pain on 37th & 5th, when she just missed the 4-6pm half price baked goods by one minute, and the black female who worked behind the register would not let her buy them for half price
Nine-year-old to friend: Yo, how many white people we got here?
Friend: One, two, too many.
–Fort Greene Park
Black lady #1: You know Earl?
Black lady #2: [Nods.]Black lady #1: You know Earl?
Black lady #3: [Nods.]Black lady #1: You know Earl?
Black lady #4: [Shakes head.]Black lady #1: You don’t wanna know that mothafuckah — that is one nasty-ass nigga.
–Flatbush Ave-bound 4 train
Stranger: Hey, big dick!
Black guy: Hey, what's up guy. Not big dick anymore, small dick! (motions with hand)
Stranger: Not what that girl told me last night, haha.
Black guy: Well, alright, take care.
–Union Square
Overheard by: Brandon
Black bagger: I got to get me a soos. Man, I need a soos. Honey, you know where I could get me one?
Black woman paying for groceries: No.
Black bagger: Oh, hey I bet this guy knows. Hey guy! You! Do you know where I could find me a massage therapist?
White guy in line: I have no idea.
Black bagger: Oh, damn; I thought you’d know.
–Supermarket, Nostrand Ave, Stuyvesant Town
Overheard by: Duncan Pflaster
Black lady #1: Dr. Marbles? Like marbles? Like marbles you pick up and play with?
Black lady #2: Girl, you need to change your tonation…
–Columbia
Overheard by: Tonation hopefully in check
Black Israelite: I blame all our problems on white people, you fucking cock-sucking slave owners. My kippa brothers are gonna get you, you hear me?! They gon’ get you.
–125th St. & 4th Ave.
Overheard by: Ting
Russian woman to Russian friend: I want to see Notorious because it's about black people.
–Regal Cinema, 13th & Broadway
High school boy: Hey, look–a black kid!
–B1 Bus
Overheard by: Robert Gleyberman
Black guy: Don't worry, its alright! I'm not that black! I haven't mugged anybody in two weeks, and I love all white people under six feet tall!
–Time Square
Overheard by: Jennie
Middle-aged black woman, to no one in particular: That George W. Bush! He walks like an arrogant black man!
–Queens
Overheard by: BigFatTiger
Nerdy Jewish guy: I don't know what went wrong. I should be a black girl by now!
–Queens College
