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Mykki Blanco arresterad för att han är gay
Publicerad: 21 maj 2014 av Redaktionen @ Festivalrykten
Hamnade i fängelse under sin visit i Portugal.
Mykki Blanco har fullkomligen forsat fram genom bloggar och raka vägen in i modevärlden. Han tillhör den växande New York-genren ”Gay-rapper” som förutom att förvandla allt till ett fullkomligt kaos med giftiga verser även ifrågasätter ideal och könsaspekter. Under en visit i Portugal hamnade han i fängelse för vad han enligt egna utsagor säger beror på hans sexuella läggning och hudfärg. Han har dock släppts nu.
“I realized that class matters and that an upwardly mobile black man isn’t something people always want to see. I was arrested for telling a police officer to “go fuck himself” after I repeatedly and politely asked him where I could purchase a taxi voucher since he worked with the taxi attendant at the airport […..] I asked the police officer where the voucher office was and I was told to “go away” like I was nuance as if I had not waited in the same line as all the other white tourists and when I asked why he could not help but could gladly help the other tourists I was yelled at and told to “go away bicha” which is a gay slur, even though I had waited in the same line as everyone else. The world aint a fair place, and the idea of a young successful black guy doesn’t always fly everywhere but I was insulted, and discriminated against so I said “Fuck you” and walked away…well he followed me inside, used his radio to call other police causing a scene in the airport and told me “You are under arrest” I said “excuse me, I have not committed a crime, I asked you for help and you refused to help me” he said “You have insulted a police officer and that is a crime in Portugal, you can’t talk to me that way” and he arrested me.”
Hans Facebook-sida har sedan händelsen översvämmats av hatiska portugiser. Det hela är väldigt tragiskt.
