Solange Knowles Hit Back at 'Haters' after Been Told to Stop Dancing at Concerts
Solange Knowles the elder sister to hip hop Diva Beyonce has reply bitterly to "haters" after she was reportedly treated rudely by a group of women at an EDM concert. The
30-year-old singer-songwriter took to Twitter to share an interaction
she had with a group of "4 white women" at a Kraftwerk concert at
Orpheum Theater in New Orleans on Friday night.
After the women
reportedly told her to stop dancing and even went so far as to throw a
lime at her, Beyoncé's little sister explained what it is like being a black woman in "white spaces."
The star said she was among "about 20 black concert goers out [of] 1500" attending the electronic dance music event. She was there to listen to some of her favorite music with her husband Alan Ferguson, her 11-year-old son Daniel Julez Smith, Jr. and Daniel's friend.
But according to Knowles, things took a negative turn after the women complained about her dancing at the concert.
Read Solange Knowles's tweets below:
Let me tell you about why black girls / women are so angry....â solange knowles (@solangeknowles) September 10, 2016
I took my son, his friend, and my husband to see Kraftwerk in New Orleans...â 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.â 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.â 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"...â 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.â solange knowles (@solangeknowles) September 10, 2016
They proceed to throw something at my back....â solange knowles (@solangeknowles) September 10, 2016
Now the old me......â solange knowles (@solangeknowles) September 10, 2016
But in this moment, I'm just going to share my experience...â solange knowles (@solangeknowles) September 10, 2016
So that maybe someone will understand, why many of us don't feel safe...
...in many white spaces...â solange knowles (@solangeknowles) September 10, 2016
We don't "bring the drama"....
Fix yourself.
Nobody goes to the Kraftwerk show with their kid "looking for "drama"â solange knowles (@solangeknowles) September 10, 2016
But that's how u guys like to spin this.
Bye haters pic.twitter.com/YPCRu75AFLâ solange knowles (@solangeknowles) September 10, 2016
My son just confirmed it was a lime. Smh https://t.co/5HnUOP85dbâ solange knowles (@solangeknowles) September 10, 2016
Cuz chile they are standing up dancing now ,moving on w their lives....so ¯_(ã)_/¯ https://t.co/V47tl3E0pEâ 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.â solange knowles (@solangeknowles) September 10, 2016
Some can kind of trust u the first 3 times...
But surely after that, YOU are the problem.â solange knowles (@solangeknowles) September 10, 2016
Surprise guys!
It happens to us ALL summer 16
And last thing...â 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.
Honestly, Truly .....(again) pic.twitter.com/1yxAvf6NJqâ solange knowles (@solangeknowles) September 10, 2016
Knowles has spoken out in the past about her experience as a black woman. She most recently took to Instagram to share a photo with the caption, "It's profitable to be black and share your black stories to entertain, but not profitable to talk about your black experience. They want us to 'let the work speak for itself' but not the work speak for itself. Or let the worth speak for itself."
And in July, she announced that she joined a black-owned bank – and encouraged others to follow her.
Source: Yahoo.com
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