Black People

Ghetto teen #1: He got like a 3.8 or somethin’, and nigga cried.
Ghetto teen #2, to black girl squealing with laughter: You think it’s funny, bitch?

–A train, 168th St

Black 12-year-old boy: Are you Japanese?
Asian 20-year-old guy: Ummm, no…
Black 12-year-old boy: Oh… Chinatownese?
Asian 20-year-old guy: What?
Black 12-year-old boy: Taiwa– I mean, Taiwanese? Thailandonian?
Asian 20-year-old guy: No. I’m American.

–72nd St station

Overheard by: Dave Carpenter

Urban gentleman: Yeah, you can buy the naked cowboy’s picture in Times Square for, like, 25 dollars.
Urban lady: For real? Damn. He hot, though. He definitely waxing. In those briefs, nigga’s gotta be gettin’ a Brazilian.
Urban gentleman: Yeah, I ain’t no homo or nothin’, but how’s he not get hard walkin’ around in nothin’ but briefs?
Urban lady: It’s called ‘entertainment.’

–6 train

Overheard by: Barry Negrin

Black girl: Yo, white boy! Yo, white boy! [White guy ignores her, so she follows him.] White boy! Yo, white boy!
White guy: What?! How would you like it if I yelled, ‘Hey, black girl! Hey, black girl!’?
Black girl: No! It’s okay! I’m white — I went to Pratt.

–Bed-Stuy

Black girl #1: … And you know white girls don’t wear no panties!
Black girl #2: I don’t wear panties either… I mean, I do when I go out, but when I’m at home my labias be swingin’.

–TGIFridays, 34th St

Overheard by: sad to say i was sitting near them

Ghetto kid: Real gangstas get it down on the flo’, on the flo’.
Nerdy kid: What’s a flo’?

–Info Tech High

Overheard by: mary alice v.

Homie #1: Fuck you, nigga! You ain’t hustlin’!
Homie #2: No, fuck you! My shit is tight!
Homie #1: I’m still spendin’ money from ’93, nigga!
Homie #2: I’m still spendin’ money from ’88, nigga!

–119th & 7th

Overheard by: yvahn

Chick: What the hell you doin’ goin’ around hittin’ on other women?
Boyfriend: It ain’t like that! It ain’t like that!
Chick: What’s the matter witchoo?! [Slaps him.]Boyfriend: I just want to know if I still got it!

–Meatpacking District

Big black woman to son: I’m gonna smack you so hard, you’re gonna taste it!
Son, wailing: I don’t want to taste it!
Passerby: I don’t want to taste it either.

–74th St-Roosevelt Ave station

Ghetto mama #1: Yeah, I get him ready for bed, and then he starts cryin’ and shit.
Ghetto mama #2: Girl, you give that baby some NyQuil before you put him to bed and he will be good to go.

–Williamsburg, Brooklyn