Solange Knowles has been sharing a terrible experience recently. She wrote an essay about the troubles faced by black women in white spaces, the racism, sexism and more.
She was attending a Kraftwerx concert, a band that innovated and inspired electronic music, DANCE MUSIC! She of course wanted to dance! However, other white concert goers had different ideas.
She wrote:
“About 20 seconds later, you hear women yell aggressively, “Sit down now, you need to sit down right now” from the box behind you. You want to be considerate, however, they were not at all considerate with their tone, their choice of words, or the fact that you just walked in and seem to be enjoying yourself.
You are also confused as to what show you went to. This is a band that were pioneers of electronic and dance music. Surely the audience is going to expect you to dance at some point.”
She went onto say:
“You have lived a part of your life in predominately white spaces since you were a kid and even had your 3rd grade teacher tell you “what a nigger is” in front of your entire white class. You watched your parents trying to explain why this was wrong to her and learned then it can be virtuously impossible to get your point across.”
In response to her experience the racists took to Twitter with one person telling her she should have gone to a rap concert, and that wasn’t the worst of it!
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