Verbal Altercation Flies Off the Rails After Commuter Hurls Racist Insults at Black Woman

A verbal altercation on New York’s Long Island railroad devolved into chaos this week after a white passenger hurled racial insults at a Black woman, who he repeatedly dubbed a “f—–g monkey.” The entire incident was captured by a bystander.

The video, posted by World Star Hip-Hop, shows the man shouting at the woman, who is heard shouting back at him. The passenger proceeds to call her a “loud-mouthed monkey motherf—-r” and an “idiot” before taking shots at her parents. Another passenger jumps in to quell the madness, but to no avail.

“Enough!” she yells. “Shut the hell up!”

“Just like your mother,” the man shouts back. “At least I’ve got a mother. You know who your mother is? You don’t know who your mother or your father is, because you’re a f-cking monkey!”

Unfazed by the insults, the woman taunts the racist white passenger, repeatedly asking, “you mad?”

It’s unclear what may have started the altercation between the two.

Watch more in the clip above.

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