![]() “But the gag is I said everything that was on my partner’s shirt in the interview that I did.” Hart said Morgan’s decision to kick Black people out of a space, considering how over-policed we are, was ridiculous. In fact, when someone questioned the cost of the event on Twitter, Afropunk responded in a manner that some have deemed unprofessional. There are also those who are upset that the event now has a cost when it used to be free. Members of the hearing impaired community have shared their disappointment in the absence of ASL interpreters. Photographers have complained about their images being on Afropunk’s website without credit or compensation. Hart shared that the T-shirt she created was just one of the ways people have expressed their grievances in regard to the changes or practices of Afropunk. I have a right to actually contest with the ways in which this event is run and I can do it within the event.” Or we’re going to go to an event and see that there’s no ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation and not say anything about it. That we’re just going to go to something, see that there’s a booth sponsored by Garnier Fructis and not know that that’s a predominately White brand that’s owned by L’Oréal. “I think, overall, there’s an assumption that Black people are going to be lazy, uninformed consumers. She’s continued sharing in the days since the festival’s conclusion on Sunday, August 26. Hart, her partner and their friend walked around the festival for about an hour after being kicked out of VIP, sharing with people what had happened to them. Morgan told her it was his house once again before a security guard, who recognized Hart from the internet, came to escort the three out of VIP. ![]() They were invited back there as guests and since she was doing a free interview for the Afropunk brand, she couldn’t understand why her guests were being asked to leave. Morgan told her, “Sweetheart, we’ve met before. When Morgan came over to Hart, he said, “Hi Sweetheart…’ Hart said the ancestors blocked her from hearing the greeting because calling her sweetheart after he’d accosted her friend and partner wouldn’t have gone over well. She and Donnely met Morgan at Afropunk Atlanta where he thanked Hart for “being a walking free advertisement for Afropunk.” While Black, Hart’s friend didn’t know Matthew Morgan was the co-founder of the event, Hart did. Morgan asked the same question of their friend before going to a security guard. ![]() So I turned to my partner and I say, ‘What just happened?’”ĭonnely said, “He just asked me ‘Why am I here?’ Matthew Morgan just pointed at my shirt and said ‘What’s this? Why are you here?’ “I turned my back and Matthew Morgan is in my partner’s face, waving his hands but I can’t hear what he’s saying. She wanted to be in “community with the people of Afropunk VIP is not the community of Afropunk.”īut before Hart and her crew could leave, Matthew Morgan, the co-founder of Afropunk, approached Hart’s partner. The back of Donnley’s shirt read: “Boycott Red Apple Nails” in reference to the Brooklyn nail salon where employees threw acetone on three Black people and hit them with broomsticks because a patron didn’t like her eyebrow wax and refused to pay for it.Īfter, the incident, Hart started feeling like they should probably leave the VIP area, but felt the occurrence wasn’t a big deal. Photo used with permission from Ericka Hart
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