Big black lady exiting movie: Yo, that shit was dumb.
Big black friend: Dumb shit.
Big black lady: For a second I thought it wasn’t going to be dumb… But then it was.
Big black friend: Dumb, dumb, dumb shit.
Big black lady: Dumb!
Big black friend: Man, was that dumb.
Big black lady: Dumb.
–Loews, 34th St
White teen: Can I get you anything else, sir?
Black man, eating: I don’t mean to sound racist, but can I get me some more of that white meat?
–All Souls Soup Kitchen
Overheard by: phia
Black uptown guy: Look at the fruit and shit. We don’t have fruit and shit like this uptown. Look at the mangoes. We never see mangoes that big uptown. [White lady walks by with ugly Pit Bull.]Black uptown girl: Oh, look at the cute puppy! Hello, puppy, how ya doin’?
Black uptown guy: Look at the fucking fruit! We don’t have shit like kiwis uptown. Damn, look at the peaches and plums. They’re much bigger here!
–75th & Broadway
Overheard by: Rahni
Black guy #1: Yes, well, we look alike because we’re fraternal twins.
Black guy #2: Yeah, you didn’t know we were brothers?
White guy: Everyone said you guys were brothers, but I figured they meant ‘brothas’ and not actual brothers.
Black guy #1: Oh… Okay. Hey, look, we’re at Shea.
–LIRR, Shea Stadium
Impatient, middle-aged Caribbean woman in bathroom line: There should be more women’s rooms.
Equally impatient 20-ish woman: Yeah, I know… It’s because men designed these buildings.
–JFK
Overheard by: Nina
Black teen #1: Yo, let’s go see Blood Diamond.
Black teen #2, with African accent: No, I told you — I don’t want to see that.
Black teen #1: What are you talkin’ ’bout, don’t wanna see it? Nigga, you’re in it!
–Loews, Lincoln Center
Black girl: Hey, mister, can we pet your dog?
Tough guy with groomed white poodle on leash: Sure.
Black girl to friend: See, that’s what a poodle looks like when a white man owns it.
–10th & Christopher
Black girl #1: I feel like getting laid.
Black girl #2: You and me, both.
Black girl #1: I think I’m into white guys tonight!
–4 train, Union Square
Overheard by: newyork2boston
Black teen #1, after horror movie preview: Oh, snap, yo!
Black teen #2: Stop being black at the movies!
Black teen #1, in a high voice: Oh, that was totally cool!
–Regal Theater, 42nd St
Overheard by: Rachel
Black guy: Ah, shit, it’s starting to rain.
White passerby: Let’s make it rain on these niggas.
–Hudson & Spring
Overheard by: Jake Perlman-Garr
