Photo by Tom Spray
Today, Devonté Hynes (Blood Orange) tweeted that he was held at a Berlin airport and was the target of racial profiling. Officers apparently went through his electronics and wouldn't let him go until he showed them receipts...for items he'd purchased a year ago. "Nothing new, sadly," he wrote.
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 Watch Hynes perform "Champagne Coast" at Pitchfork Music Festival:
via Evan Minsker
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