Solange Knowles was reportedly pelted with limes by white people at a Kraftwerk gig for being an outsider. I feel white micro-aggressions like that every day,says publicist Michelle Kambasha
In 2013, the good people at US-based independent label Secretly Group hired me as a fresh-faced, or straight-out-of-the-Midlands graduate.
Three years later,my face is less fresh as I find myself holed up in sweaty east London pub-cum-venue most nights, waiting for bands to start, and often 15 minutes after their agreed set time. In those 15 minutes,the smell of cheap alcohol becomes neutralised and I chat to the journalists I’ve invited along, trying to be as friendly as possible in the hope that my charm will sway them into giving my band a four-star review that doesn’t feature any complaints approximately technical difficulties.
When someone asks a question approximately toilet roll at a gig, or they mean: 'I occupy it you work here because you're black?' Related: Solange Knowles: Dev Hynes's wizard beats suit my stubbornness but I'm no hipster For my parents,speaking their mind at work was an aggression, whereas for white people it was just an opinionContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com