The latest missile has been fired in the ongoing custody battle between Halle Berry, 44, and her ex-boyfriend, underwear model Gabriel Aubry, 35.

According to gossip website TMZ.com, sources say Gabe “goes nuts” whenever someone refers to his 2-year-old daughter Nahla as black.

Sources connected with the former couple tell TMZ … whenever Gabriel would read a story about Nahla that referred to her as “black,” he would go off, insisting his baby was white. We’re told Gabriel would tell Halle and others they should demand a “retraction” when such references were made regarding his daughter.

I’m going to have to agree with him there.

Nahla is not black. If anything she’s biracial or mixed, but she’s definitely not black. I don’t see that as a problem — if it’s true.

But sources also tell TMZ that Gabe once called Halle a “ni**ga” – indicating that he might be a racist. That would be dead wrong if he called her the N-word in front of their child. Not that Nahla even knows that the word is offensive. But you can imagine the manner in which the N-word was delivered. No wonder the kid is terrified whenever daddy and mommy get together.