Un paio di giorni fa Devonté Hynes, aka Blood Orange, ha fatto grande uso del suo account Twitter per dire che era stato trattenuto all’aeroporto di Berlino puramente per motivi razziali (in inglese si chiama racial profiling). A quanto pare gli agenti lo hanno trattenuto per controllare gli oggetti che stava trasportando, verificando che non fossero stati rubati. Gli oggetti in questione erano stati acquistati da Hynes più di un anno fa. Il suo sfogo sul social si chiude con il tweet “niente di nuovo, tristemente”. Trovate tutti i tweet qui sotto, seguiti dal video di Chamakay.
Was just held in Berlin Airport even though I’m a valid EU citizen with a U.S visa.
— Devonté Hynes (@devhynes) May 25, 2014
Everywhere I’ve ever been I am reminded that there are people out there holding a prejudice because of my skin colour, yes it was racial.
— Devonté Hynes (@devhynes) May 25, 2014
They went through all of my electronics and wouldn’t let me go because I didn’t have receipts for things I bought a year ago.
— Devonté Hynes (@devhynes) May 25, 2014
Irony of listening to Wagner at the time of apprehension was not lost on me…
— Devonté Hynes (@devhynes) May 25, 2014
People will always say to me “traveling is fun!” Or “I want to visit here.. And there etc”. Well, imagine if even before all of that…
— Devonté Hynes (@devhynes) May 25, 2014
… You have to be aware and/or ready for how you will be treated based on nothing to do with your personality. Anyway, you know all this.
— Devonté Hynes (@devhynes) May 25, 2014
Nothing new, sadly.
— Devonté Hynes (@devhynes) May 25, 2014
