Opinion | Derrick Clifton: Solange, racism and the importance of black spaces in America. - NBCNewsTHINK
to lyrics about a kickback lubricated by brown liquor and unapologetic blackness, “When I Get Home” gathers together many distinct feelings, experiences and sounds of blackness. It reclaims a sense of place among many elements that may seem fragmented and scattered, yet can still be reunited and made whole both individually and collectively.
“[B]lackness will never go away. It’s who I am. It's what I know. I’ll always be a black woman, I’ll always create work from this black woman's body,” Solangewith Antwaun Sargent. “I’ll always be from Third Ward, where we had one of the first black banks in the country… where I spent summer camp learning about all of the incredible things that you see in this place, where I got to go to a black woman’s hair salon every day and hear the stories of women. This is just who I am.
The concept of reunification — returning to the people, places and things that recall a sense of home — is one that historically resonates with black people. The concept of reunification — returning to the people, places and things that recall a sense of home — is one that historically resonates with black people. Black family reunions are; slavery ripped families apart and the Great Migration spread family members across the country in hopes of a better life. Oftentimes, the reunions take place in the south, and family members come from all over the country to meet, some for the first time, and break bread together.
In 2019, home spaces for black people aren’t limited to physical spaces, however — they also extend online, including communities like Black Twitter and its social media forebears like Black Planet. (Solange tellingly
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