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Solange Knowles Pens Essay on Being a Black Person in a White Space | The Root

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Solange Knowles Pens Essay on Being a Black Person in a White Space | The Root

On Friday evening, after an evening out with her husband and 11-year-old son, Solange Knowles went on a tweet storm about how she was treated at a Kraftwerk concert in New Orleans.[mc4wp_form id=”6042″]

Knowles recounted how she was harassed by four white woman, and why black people never feel safe in white spaces.

“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,’” Knowles posted on Twitter in a now-deleted tweet.