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An allegedly racist comment by an elderly white man sparked a fight on an Oakland bus that has been spread all over YouTube. The comment involved the 67-year-old man asking a young black man to shine his shoes.
"The white guy was asking the black guy for a shoeshine," Iyanna Washington, the student who shot the video with a small camera, told CBS station KPIX. "And I guess the black guy took it as a racist comment, like, 'Why's a black guy have to spit shine your shoes?'"
There was a great deal of yelling back and forth before the elderly man moved to the front of the bus. The younger man followed him, and before long, a fight broke out, but it didn't quite go as expected.
"I guess he hit him across the face once," Washington said. "And then the white guy stands up and lets loose."
To the surprise of everyone, the older white man landed a flurry of punches that caused numerous injuries to the face of the younger man. The young man had a broken nose after the incident, according to Transit Spokesman Clarence Johnson. After being hit repeatedly by the old man, the young man simply laid on the floor in a daze.
The older man left the bus, but continued screaming and kicking at a newsstand. He surrendered when police showed up. Both men were taken to the hospital and reports are that he was off his medication.
Apparently, the young man underestimated the force of an old man who is no longer on his medication. I am not quite sure why this fight is newsworthy, but you have to admit that it's a little bit funny (other than the shoe shine comment, which was obviously inappropriate). The old man has become a legend on YouTube since the incident took place.
Dr. Boyce Watkins is the founder of the Your Black World Coalition. To have Dr. Boyce commentary delivered to your email, please click here. 
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By: Truth Warrior on 2/22/2010 8:57PM
That old white man can whup some ass!
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By: Mimi on 2/22/2010 4:45PM
Very true. The black guy was a wimp. He held on to the pole while getting his a$$ beat.
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By: Truth Warrior on 2/22/2010 4:47PM
Damn that old white man can whup some ass! We need to send him to the middle east to beat those terrorists down. LoL
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By: Zepheon on 2/22/2010 5:25PM
First of all, fuck any racists, white or black. And what the hell's with all the people getting racist and arguing over this shit? This isn't the only racial argument/fight that's broken out, and people still hate on every other race because of shit one White guy, Black guy, Mexican guy or whatever the fuck guy does. It's the people, not the skin. So people need to be more mature instead of making it a racial battle, and in fact people always have that little bit of racist in them just being whatever they are that makes them wanna stick up for their race and say racist bullshit even after they share their views equally on this. There always has to be some kind of inequality. It's fucking stupid. First off, the old guy was born obviously a long time ago, things were different back then. He shouldn't be asking for anything from anyone just because of their skin color, but who knows why he asked anyway. You think some random old man is gonna come up to you and ask you to shine his shoes cuz you're black? That's retarded. Besides that, the girls who recorded this shouldn't be telling the black dude to do anything. That starts a lotta shit too cuz "you'll look like a bitch if you don't." He probably wouldn't have acted all tough if they didn't nag him to. But, then again he should've been man enough not to fuck with an old guy, regardless of skin color or what he said anyway. Too much shit talkin and trying to act tough just leads to getting your ass kicked in public. And he's still talking shit after he got his ass kicked. It's all pretty damn stupid.
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By: DRealDeal on 2/22/2010 6:10PM
I dont think that the white guy was even a racist. I watched the video more than once and it seems as though the black guy picked on the wrong man and oh, im black.
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By: Bill Schrier on 2/22/2010 6:14PM
Watkins writes "I am not quite sure why this fight is newsworthy, but you have to admit that it's a little bit funny ..."
There is nothing funny about these Negro thugs. Watkins only thinks it's funny because the victim is a white guy. The Negros started the whole thing, and the Negro punk threw the first punch. Later, the Negro woman stole the white guy's bag, which was the plan all along.
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By: djkut on 2/22/2010 7:53PM
Well Bill the sister who video taped it did a youtube and cleared it up that she did not steal the old mans bag u might want to check that out before u assume...
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By: Bill Schrier on 2/22/2010 9:24PM
Oh, because the "sister" says so, then it must be the truth. Only if you're a fellow Negro.
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By: djkut on 2/22/2010 10:52PM
Bill just like I figure u post your video and want to world to see but wont see the person explaining that video it..
I seen yours now see mines
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbsX5j-8T3Y
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By: djkut on 2/23/2010 9:56AM
Bill now I do agree with u she sounds like she was the voice that instigated the shyt, but I want to be fair and go ahead and give her the benefit even though she could be lying be fair Bill and at least give her the benefit on what she said on her video the police did not arrest her or maybe she got out of the mess she started but I will be fair and give her the benefit that she did not take the mans wallet...
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