#Snl solange dont touch my hair full#
It grows into a full groove with bass and cowbell. Produced with TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek, Chairlift’s Patrick Wimberly, Starchild & the New Romantic’s Bryndon Cook, and Raphael Saadiq, “Don’t Touch My Hair” moves at a heartbeat’s pulse, subtle and steady, yet vibrant. Solange’s “Don’t Touch My Hair” can be read as an explicit rejection of this behavior, as a simple establishment of boundaries, or as a powerful pledge of personal identity. It is an attack often launched subconsciously, an act that alienates and also devalues black space. But for black people, and black women in particular, it is rooted in the same ideology that treats black as ‘other’ or worse-as lesser. Having your hair touched may seem like a microaggression to some, especially in proximity with the other mentioned gestures.
“You know that people of colors’ ‘spaces’ are attacked every single day, but many will not be able to see it that way.” White antagonism is perceived differently across color lines. “You and your friends have been called the N word, been approached as prostitutes, and have had your hair touched in a predominately white bar just around the corner from the same venue,” she wrote, giving the scene context.
She thoughtfully parsed ideas about belonging and safety for people of color under white supremacy, writing her experiences in second person, a deliberate choice made to induce empathy. Earlier this month, Solange penned a personal essay on her Saint Heron website about hostility in predominantly white spaces in response to an incident at a Kraftwerk show.