Black People

In line for opening night show of Superman Returns.

Passerby: What’s this line for?
Black dude: Man, everybody wants to see Supercracker.

–4th Ave, between 13th and 14th

Overheard by: Potomac

Drunk hobo: You are so fucking beautiful. I am in love with you. Please let me give you a hug.
Girl #1: Please, no.
Drunk hobo: Why all you white girls hate on black people? We not all that bad.
Girl #2: It’s not because you’re black. It’s because you’re covered with open sores and blisters.

–Manhattan bound L train

Overheard by: Far

Black chick #1: C’mon.
Black chick #2: Alright, alright, what’s the rush?
Black chick #1: C’mon, I wanna see some white boys dancing.

–Outside Gazebo nightclub, 93rd St & 4th Ave, Bay Ridge

Overheard by: Capn MidNite

Black woman: You know that girl you bumped into? She was handicapped. And you didn’t say, “Excuse me.”
White boy: Um, she bumped into me.
Black woman: So, she’s handicapped. Is it her fault?
White boy: Shut the fuck up and go pick up your welfare check, you entitlement-addicted bitch.

–53rd & 5th

Guy #1 (wearing do-rag): You know why I wear this shit, man?
Guy #2: Nah, man, why?
Guy #1: Because I love the stare. I love it when some dumb white guy stares at me and asks why I wear this so I can curse the shit out of that mothafucka!

–14th & 1st

Black lady with five kids: You can’t get anything here. We gots to get to Old Navy to buy us all our Fourth of July t-shirts so we match at the picnic.
Black guy: They have the best deal. Shirts are five dollars each, that’s like [counts kids, self, and wife] less than twenty bucks for all of us, and even the baby shit has a flag on it.

–Target, Atlantic Terminal, Brooklyn

Overheard by: lora

Asian guy: Yo, nigger.
Black guy: Fuck you. You ain’t my nigger.

–90th St, Elmhurst

Black man: It’s hotter than Hades out there!
Black woman: Don’t insult my country.

–63rd & Amsterdam

Overheard by: Ash

Guy #1: Naw, naw, naw, naw, naw!
Guy #2: Dis game aint no thang. Think about it man. How many brothers you see out here?
Guy #1: How about the cuz sittin’ at first base?
Guy #2: Yo, he Spanish.

–Shea Stadium

Overheard by: Terrence Reasons

Girl #1: But, like, why do all the gay guys have to be so hot?
Girl #2: I know. At least all the lesbians are ugly!

–Times Square