She had her hair re-braided into a concentric, traditional-inspired halo for her Orionâs Rise tour, and spoke about the âtime consumingâ braiding work she had done for in the interview that accompanied the images. Solange had been sporting blonde braids with beads, inspired by traditional West African fulani braids, since September.
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You Cannot Touch My Hairâ Campaign, a collection of 100 plus "black hair attack stories" from women around the world. She's currently working on a project called the âNo. Almost without fail every single reaction captured on film was of surprise and distaste. It might seem trivial to those who haven't been exposed to the often traumatic relationship black women have with their hair, but there is too much history bound up in our locks for us not to care when they are touched, manipulated, or even photoshopped without our permission. And on a basic level, as a brilliant video released by Mena Fombo showed earlier this month, nobody likes it when strangers invade their personal space.įombo went up to white strangers and stuck her hands in their hair, sometimes without asking permission. ÂThe decision to amend the photograph was taken for layout purposes, but plainly we made the wrong call and we have offered our unreserved apologies to Solange.âĬlearly, not everyone has been listening. ÂIt is therefore a matter of great regret that the finished cover artwork caused concern and offence.
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Solange posted the full image to her personal Instagram page with the caption "dtmh (don't touch my hair) Guardian reports that in a statement, the Standard said: âWe were delighted to have the chance to interview the wonderful Solange Knowles and photograph her for this weekâs edition of ES. At the time I thought that the conversation it inspired could mean instances of white people touching my hair without permission would fade.Īnd yet, here we are more than a year later, and London-based daily newspaper the Evening Standard, has been forced to apologise after they photoshopped Solange's braid halo out of their magazine cover. Solange's anthemic single, "Don't Touch My Hair", from her black girl magic album A Seat At The Table, meant a lot to us because she brought a racially-specific annoying microaggression into the limelight. Unwanted, dehumanising hands jamming their way into our lives. This is a daily, boring reality for many black women living in the UK and elsewhere.
Another time, a (white) friend thought the best way to get my attention would be to grab my braids and pull me around to face her. He tried to laugh it off but my (black) friends were having none of it. The last time I had braids put into my 'fro, a man at a festival thought it would be funny to run his dirty hands through my hair without asking.
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