Guy: Nigga can tell a dishonest nigga by how eloquent he is. If a nigga ain't eloquent, it means he don't know how to bullshit. Eloquent nigga knows how to bullshit, which means he probably be lyin' all the time. Always trust a nigga who ain't eloquent. --F train Teen boy #1: You can't be sounding smart like that. Girls ain't into niggas who talk smart and shit. They into dumb niggas these days. Teen boy #2: I wonder why. Teen boy #1: I dunno. Maybe they just into their personality and shit. --1 train Overheard by: Carol Elk Lady: Why all these niggas always callin' people niggas all the time? --Time Square Man: Yo! What the fuck are you lookin' at? Suit: Would it hurt for you to speak respectably to others? Man: Nigga what? Are you black? You looks black, but dat must just be black paint on yo' skin! Suit: Never mind. I apologize. I'm sorry. Man: You sorry? Don't say sorry to me! Say sorry to yo momma! Call her up right now! Say sorry dat you lost yo' real color! --3rd & Pike Overheard by: Derek Black woman: They wouldn't do this to the crackers downtown. --Post Office, West 125th Street Overheard by: Sara Suman Black guy #1: I ain't going to no college, my role as a nigger is clear, I tellin' you, my role as a nigger is clear. Black guy #2: But you got brains, man, you got brains, you got to study. Black guy #1: No, you kiddin' me? No, my role as a nigger is clear, my role as a nigger is clear, I got women and I got kids, I got lotsa kids, I ain't doin no study. My role as a nigger is clear, my role as a nigger is clear, I'm sayin', my role as a nigger is clear. Black guy #2: Yeah, you right, man. --Delancey between Bowery & Chrystie Woman: Open the fucking door, you bitch! MTA lady: I said, "Hold on!" Woman: I've been holding on for five minutes, open the goddamn door! MTA lady: No! And now I'm not opening it! Woman: What, you think you white or something? --Fordham Road B/D station Black guy: Ban the cell phone! That's right, the cell phone is a public nuisance! The white man comes in with his technology and makes a mess of the world. I don't wanna hear about your friend, I don't wanna know your friend. I don't wanna know you. Why do I got to hear about your friend? And where you're gonna meet your friend? Let me tell you something. White man done took over the world. Back in the days black man ruled the world and called his name Pharaoh. --R train Teen boy: Fellas! Fellas! Keep up the good work. No, seriously. I love black people! But here's what I'm trying to say...We're from Africa. The sun is our commodity. The white man, they from Europe. You can't farm in Europe! It's too cold! So we taught them how to farm. And what did they do? They mastered that shit with machines. You see what I'm trying to say? The white man, what he did is he compromised our manhood with that slavery shit! You see what I'm trying to say? I see more Uncle Toms every day than I do black people trying to work. You see what I'm trying to say? --Fulton Street A/C station Overheard by: Eve S. Dropper Black guy: I'm gonna knock you motherfuckers out. I'm fuckin' itching to knock a white motherfucker out. --Staten Island Ferry Terminal, Staten Island Overheard by: Nicole Guy #1: You know why we ain't git no respect? Bad marketing! Guy #2: What? Guy #1: I mean, "We Shall Overcome"? Bitch, slogan should have been "We Shall Kick Yo Ass." Then we'd be gettin some respect today. --C train Overheard by: Eric Cornell White guy: Those fuckin' niggers. I fuckin' swear it's always those fucking niggers. They are the ones raping and killing our white little girls. I fucking swear, put a fucking white girl in the South Bronx and you fuckin' see what the fuck they do to that girl's body. --6 train Overheard by: will paybarah White guy: He just sucks so bad. Black guy: All black people suck. --Union Square Overheard by: Brian Minter Black woman #1: This is ghetto Black woman #2: Yeah, ghetto. Ghetto white. --South Williamsburg Little boy: I don't wanna sit next to white people. --G train Performer guy #1, #2 & #3: White people, you have nothing to be afraid of! We are only three black men! We cannot hurt all of you! --56th & 6th Overheard by: jeff B&T girl: I couldn't believe that shit. Black people are such stereotypas. What an asshole! --Cozy Soup & Burger, Broadway between Waverly & 8th Overheard by: Corkie Wood Crazy lady: Hey girls!...You have to be careful! I know what problem is! It is all the black people! Just look at these black people! Look at the street! All black! Everywhere! It just keeps getting worse, more are coming. --14th & 7th Girl: Oh, I wanna make homemade caramel apples. Guy: They're called black people. --Manhattan Mall Overheard by: Stephanie Sottile