Mother: He played basketball in college but since he’s a white boy he’s got no rhythm so he wasn’t very good.
–Chambers Street station
Guy: Yo, shit ain’t no country called blacknasia or whatever the fuck you said. Black people a color not a race!
–G train
Overheard by: J-Mo
Fat Black woman: You not letting me in? I been here for half an hour watching all these other girls just walk right by….what, you gonna let them in too?! That’s when I just gotta say, “Hey, that’s why I hate white people!”
–Marquee, 10th & 26th
Overheard by: Katie
Guy: We need to Montgomery bus strike their asses.
–190th Street station, rush hour
Black guy: I was spook! I was spook. Now, not spook like my people or nothin’, spook like a ghost or a ghoul or some shit.
–L train