My thoughts on Solange 's thread on her experience at a concert.
I read this live, as Solange tweeted this and got so angry! The many times I'm been in white spaces treated poorly cause the people in the environment are shitty THEN when I react I'm this angry Black woman acting ghetto.
Now, we've seen Solange put in work on an elevator so we know exactly how she serves it, but we also know that in the end, she would've been slandered in the headlines, not those rude ass lime throwers who for some reason didn't care that Solange was at a CONCERT, doing what concert doers do, and also with her child. Are you really that shitty?
This reminds me of the video I saw last Black Friday, a Black woman and her child were amongst the Black Friday shopping craziness and there appeared to be lot of microwaves on sale. Her and her child, a small child might I add grabed one each, everyone's grabbing one, there's mayhem, and this adult white woman aggressively snatches the box out of this child's hand. The mother reacts in a fashion I probably would, she beats the woman's ass. Don't mess with people's children!! But what stood out to me as the white woman was receiving her properly earned ass kicking, she screamed something like, "why are you so aggressive!" As if she didn't just aggressively snatch something out of a small child's hand, all of a sudden it was the Black woman's fault for not knowing how to act in a space. This is all too familiar and quite frankly I'm sick of it.
So Solange, the old you wasn't present but as a proud card carrying member of the #Solangehive when that lime hit your back, I would've did the dirty work for you, in the name of womanism they would've got these hands, cause honestly if they tried to sue me they'll only get my wig collection and a bunch of dope lipsticks.
Please stop vilify Black women when we react to your shittiness, it's not right, and we will not allow it anymore.
Let me tell you about why black girls / women are so angry....— solange knowles (@solangeknowles) September 10, 2016
I took my son, his friend, and my husband to see Kraftwerk in New Orleans...— solange knowles (@solangeknowles) September 10, 2016
Was very excited to dance and enjoy a band I love.
We are 4 of about 20 black concert goers out 1500 here.— solange knowles (@solangeknowles) September 10, 2016
4 out of maaaybbe 20 out of 1500.
We walk in, and one of my favorite songs, Machine, is on. I'm excited to tell my son about how hip hop sampled Kraftwerk. We are dancing.— solange knowles (@solangeknowles) September 10, 2016
4 older white women yell to me from behind, "Sit down now" . I tell them I'm dancing at a concert. They yell, "u need to sit down now"...— solange knowles (@solangeknowles) September 10, 2016
We are at an ELECTRONIC and DANCE music concert and you are telling...not asking me...to sit down. In front of my child.— solange knowles (@solangeknowles) September 10, 2016
They proceed to throw something at my back....— solange knowles (@solangeknowles) September 10, 2016
Now back to me & my husbands favorite song— solange knowles (@solangeknowles) September 10, 2016
"Autobahn" ....& not giving a fuck about you lovely ladies so mad this lil black girl having fun😘
My son just confirmed it was a lime. Smh https://t.co/5HnUOP85db— solange knowles (@solangeknowles) September 10, 2016
Cuz chile they are standing up dancing now ,moving on w their lives....so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://t.co/V47tl3E0pE— solange knowles (@solangeknowles) September 10, 2016
Peeps try to give POC, a "u can only speak out racism 3 strikes...or U r the problem" card.— solange knowles (@solangeknowles) September 10, 2016
Some can kind of trust u the first 3 times...
But surely after that, YOU are the problem.— solange knowles (@solangeknowles) September 10, 2016
😱😱😱 Surprise guys! 🎉🎊
It happens to us ALL summer 16 🙋🏽 🌞🐬
And last thing...— solange knowles (@solangeknowles) September 10, 2016
I see folks saying "Well u live in Louisiana"....but I say I live in a city w THE most incredible, beautiful black. folk.
When has your envirnmoent been the catalyst for being an "Angry Black Women"?
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