subway people

just remembered that i saw an interesting man on the subway this morning. he came into the car and started playing what looked to be a recorder. not a true clarinet, but one of those plastic recorders everyone gets in the first grade. he proceeded to play a few notes and then started saying loudly -- the arab race of new york is being destroyed, being destroyed by african music. he kept repeating some version of that line while interspersing it with more music. when no one responded, he sat down and then got out at the next stop. i didn't know what to make of it. not that it was any weirder than other people in the subway, but i had to wonder what he meant. maybe there was no larger meaning, but i'm still thinking about it...