Sometimes you see a video going viral and think, “What a world we live in.” This clip — captured by rapper, actor, and activist Moise Morancy — is making the rounds. Morancy originally uploaded the footage, which shows an exchange between himself and a rude white woman, to his Facebook page. Over the course of five minutes, the woman is seen spewing racially-charged insults at Morancy on a bus. She accuses him of “playing the race card” and says, “F*ck you, ugly black man!” Those remarks are followed by classics such as “I have nice hair. At least I have hair to fix” and “He’s inferior because he’s black.”
Morancy stayed relatively calm in the face of such hatred. He pointed out to the woman that she felt “uncomfortable because young black people are speaking up for ourselves.” Morancy tells the woman that she’s going to be splashed all over the Internet, but she continues her tirade, so he keeps filming. He explained what went down in his video’s caption:
“I get on a crowded bus on my way to school & this white woman is bugging out, yelling and being extremely rude, mainly because people were standing near the back door. So this brilliant black girl kindly says to her ‘Ma’am, there’s no room on this bus. There’s a stroller and it’s extremely crowded, where are people supposed to stand?’ Immediately the woman snapped saying all kinds of rude things! No, I don’t know this black girl from a hole in the wall, but I don’t care. You ain’t gonna talk to my sista like that. So I call out that woman’s racist remarks as well as her white privilege; because she thinks she can speak to whoever she wants to in whichever manner she feels. All hell breaks loose as we see her true perspective of not only us as black people but our traits and occupations … what do you think?”
Even without Morancy’s caption, the footage clearly indicates this woman’s motivations and her perspective. At one point, she does ask Morancy to stop filming, but his refusal doesn’t stop her continued stream of insults.
Morancy has gathered up a new crop of fans after posting this video.
Im just getting a degree because you know its easy for us black people to get it ,, bye white priveledge, bye 👋 @moisemorancy
— Liyah Pooh (@bliss_beauty95) October 24, 2015
@moisemorancy haha you all over the interweb for tripping on that old lady! What a time to be alive haha! Bless King!
— WXLF FANG FIST (@TheWxlfman) October 25, 2015
Literally just came on twitter to announce that this boy is everything ✊👌 @moisemorancy . Get your edumacation honey! 🎓👓
— Eminado (@lucky4lo) October 26, 2015
Here’s an update from Morancy’s Twitter page, where he comically sent a message against “self hate.”
https://twitter.com/moisemorancy/status/657613876121489408
(Via Vibe)