{"id":25299,"date":"2014-05-22T13:26:55","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T17:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/?p=25299"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:26:55","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T17:26:55","slug":"queer-rapper-mykki-blanco-arrested-in-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/?p=25299","title":{"rendered":"Queer Rapper Mykki Blanco Arrested In Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Oh dear!!! NYC\u2019s reigning queen of queer rap\/lyricist\/urban rebel\u00a0Mykki Blanco<\/a>\u00a0was in Lisbon the other day, fresh off the plane, on her way to perform a piece ironically called \u201cBaby Steps: How to Heal Yourself From Everyday Psychic Poisons or Repentance for Dummies\u201d\u00a0at\u00a0Galeria Z\u00e9 dos Bois<\/a>, when she was arrested for a verbal altercation with a police officer. Apparently officer not-so-friendly ignored Blanco\u2019s request for help in finding a taxi voucher, and instead responded with a homophobic slur. That\u2019s when Mykki went off and told him, \u201cGo Fuck Yourself\u201d\u2026and scene\u2026next stop jail! After doling out a 600 Euro fine, Blanco was released. Check out her full story on her\u00a0Faceboook page<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I was swindled, by the Portuguese police department for being a gay black tourist that is the only explanation for this situation. I had literally just got off of a plane was in the airport on my way to the art gallery I am currently doing a residency at and I was taken advantage of by the Portuguese police. More than an act of racism and prejudice or even homophobia ( which were all 3 factors) I realized that class matters and that an upwardly mobile black man isn\u2019t something people always want to see. I was arrested for telling a police officer to \u201cgo fuck himself\u201d after I repeatedly and politely asked him where I could purchase a taxi voucher since he worked with the taxi attendant at the airport. the altercation escalated because I waited in a long line like everyone else outside the airport for a taxi and when I was told by the taxi attendant that I could not use my credit card but only cash the taxi attendant and cop refused to help or answer any other questions I had about an alternative in anyway. They were impatient and short with me all the while eagerly helping white tourists who were behind me in line while I waited to be addressed. A Portuguese woman in the same taxi line with me even leaned over and whispered \u201cI don\u2019t know why they are being so strange with you, there is a place inside to buy taxi vouchers you don\u2019t need cash\u201d. I should have listened to the woman and went inside myself to find the voucher office but there is apart of my personality that really wants to see if people WILL actually be prejudiced, to see if maybe my PC west coast optimism about the world is being challenged by blatant discrimination and I was right. I asked the police officer where the voucher office was and I was told to \u201cgo away\u201d 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 \u201cgo away bicha\u201d 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\u2019t always fly everywhere but I was insulted, and discriminated against so I said \u201cFuck you\u201d and walked away\u2026well he followed me inside, used his radio to call other police causing a scene in the airport and told me \u201cYou are under arrest\u201d I said \u201cexcuse me, I have not committed a crime, I asked you for help and you refused to help me\u201d he said \u201cYou have insulted a police officer and that is a crime in Portugal, you can\u2019t talk to me that way\u201d and he arrested me.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

 
\nOh dear!!! NYC\u2019s reigning queen of queer rap\/lyricist\/urban rebel\u00a0Mykki Blanco\u00a0was in Lisbon the other day, fresh off the plane, on her way to perform a piece ironically called \u201cBaby Steps: How to Heal Yourself From Everyday Psychic Poisons or Repentance for Dummies\u201d\u00a0at\u00a0Galeria Z\u00e9 dos Bois, when she was arrested for a verbal altercation with a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[3945,3946,1938],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25299"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25301,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25299\/revisions\/25301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}