White tourist: I’m really sorry — I don’t have any change. If I did, I’d give you some, but I don’t, so… sorry. Good luck with everything…
Black dude: Cracka, I’m ain’t homeless!
Hynes Convention Center subway stop
Boston, Massachusetts
White tourist: I’m really sorry — I don’t have any change. If I did, I’d give you some, but I don’t, so… sorry. Good luck with everything…
Black dude: Cracka, I’m ain’t homeless!
Hynes Convention Center subway stop
Boston, Massachusetts
Large black male student to tiny white female student: Stretch marks are awesome! They make you look like a tiger! (makes tiger claw gesture) Raaar!
High School
Lincoln Park, Michigan
Overheard by: The teacher
Fat black woman on cell: Black women are better than white women, because you can beat the shit out of them and the bruises won’t be visible!
BART train
Berkeley, California
Overheard by: Gilatron
Dude: Yeah, you know how it be. I’ll check ya later. Yo, this is Tylenol, I’m out!
http://ohinmpls.blogspot.com/2006/10/rude-drunk-man-on-number-6-on-cell.html
Overheard by: gee and drew
Middle-aged black man #1: She has a pretty face.
Middle-aged black man #2: I can’t fuck a face!
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: Tad Allagash
Black girl #1: Okay, I know what I’m getting. Do you know what you’re getting?
White girl: I’ve never been here before. Let me look for a while. [Pauses, then yells.] Wait a minute! Popeye’s a sailor; Why does he sell chicken?
Black girl #2: Oh my god, shut up now or no more vodka for you for the rest of the night!
White girl: Okay. [Giggles.] I’m sorry.
[Black girls start talking to each other.]White girl, yelling: Why are there no white people in here?!
Black girl #1: Aww fuck, take her outside to the car. This is her first and last time ever coming here!
Popeye’s
Trenton, New Jersey
Drunk black gangster guy, on Tel Aviv centennial celebration: I am Moses! I am Moses!
(traffic light changes, he throws arms up in air) Israelis, you may now walk!
Tel Aviv
Israel
Overheard by: E-lad
Black lady #1, after riding Superman: Did you sit on them tree sides?
Black lady #2: No, I didn't.
Black lady #1: You should've! You could see them motherfuckin' trees! And I was like “what the fuck!” I mean, I was cussing my ass off!
Black lady #2: So that was you?
St. Louis, Missouri
Overheard by: Emma
Black woman in the ER on cell: You killed him? What do you mean you “killed him”?
Chestnut Hill Hospital
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Large black woman: They were the finest people on the block, but man, were their kids ugly!
Kohl's
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Overheard by: Jyoshiki