A Black graduate student says she was the target of a white woman's racist tirade that she silently recorded Saturday afternoon in New York City.
Graves, who attends Yale University and lives in New Haven, Connecticut, told NBC News that she was walking to her partner's apartment when she was approached by the woman at about 5:15 p.m. on 47th Street and Third Avenue."I have never experienced something that was that belligerent and blatant," Graves said Monday."My mindset was 'Keep recording and brace yourself in case she gets violent.
"However, the reality is neither of those things causes racism or excuses racism, while they may exacerbate it," she said.NBC News appNBC News reached out to New York police to inquire whether the woman had been identified but did not immediately hear back.
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