Das Racist
Artist: Das Racist
Year: 2010's
Date of Action:
Region: North America
Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion
Medium: Music
Confronting Bodies:
Description of Artwork: "Political hip-hop collective Das Racist did not make it to their concert in London on Monday night (December 13th) since the group was denied entry, detained for more than eight hours in the airport, and deported back to Switzerland” after being stopped at UK customs. Contrary to the general assumption, it was not their “political views” that hindered them to enter UK-soil. Das Racist has published an official statement regarding the actual reasons behind this affair."
The Incident: Not provided yet.
Results of Incident: Not provided yet.
Source:
• https://hypebeast.com/2010/12/das-racist-detained-deported-in-the-uk,
• https://www.villagevoice.com/2010/12/14/das-racist-are-now-officially-banned-in-the-u-k/
Entry by Ultraviolet Archive
