Yes. People who listen to music or watch videos on their phones aloud in tight, public spaces are jerks. And yes, sometimes there’s a battle of who gets to use the larger part of a shared armrest on planes. Been there, done that.
But what his or yours or anyone’s race has to do with any of it is completely beyond me. Maybe him being a man is somewhat significant as that probably meant that he was physically bigger than you, but the race-thing adds fuckall to the story in my opinion.
Medium seems to breed and attract race-obsessions.