Black Student Called Racial Slurs Several Times By Stranger In New York

A Ph.D. student from Yale University became the latest victim of racist tirades after being accosted by a middle-aged white woman while strolling in Midtown Manhattan. Kathryn Graves, 27, was in her Black Lives Matter T-shirt when she heard a woman shouting nearby, prompting her to turn down the volume in her headphones.

A Regular Weekend

Graves, who has a B.A. from Brown University and currently pursuing a Ph.D. at Yale University, was walking down a street in Manhattan while listening to music when she noticed a woman seemingly talking to her in a loud voice. When the Black student turned down the music, she heard the middle-aged woman calling her an “ape” and repeatedly using the N-word, The Post reports.

The unidentified woman was carrying a case of Natural Ice beer and would sometimes come only a few inches away from Graves. The Brown University graduate immediately took out her phone and began recording the woman’s rant, just in time to hear her shouting “Obama’s f—ing d–k right next to his ape f—ing wife.” She also called Graves “n—er ape” and made monkey-like sounds at the Ph.D. candidate.

Calm All Throughout

Graves managed to record 24 seconds of the unidentified middle-aged woman’s racist remarks before the latter turned around to cross Third Avenue in Manhattan. Before she did, however, the woman unleashed one final rant and said: “What’s the matter, you got time to do your f—ing pink a– f—ing hair, you n—er Obama f—ing ape.” Graves later posted the video on her Instagram account.

The Black student managed to remain calm while the white woman let out her racist tirades against her. In a later interview with the news outlet, however, Graves admitted feeling very hurt at the obvious hatred that accompanied the unidentified woman’s words. “I kind of blocked off how hurtful the words were and more was just thinking pragmatically,” the Ph.D. student told The Post.

Fearful Of An Attack

Graves recalled that, even before she started processing what was happening, she just knew she had to record everything. The Black student, also, kept thinking about what to do if the woman tries to attack her physically, fearing that the latter might have a hidden weapon. Graves told The Post she did not do anything that might have provoked the woman. “I have never [before] had someone just spew hatred in my face,” the Ph.D. student ended.