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Tina Knowles says staff allowed a white couple to cut ahead of her on the red carpet, highlighting ongoing racial exclusion at the Kentucky Derby, a tradition with a complex Black heritage.
- On May 04, 2024, Tina Knowles said she was pushed aside on the red carpet at the Kentucky Derby 150 at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, recounting the moment in Peacock documentary `High Horse: The Black Cowboy`.
- During the red-carpet flow, an employee allegedly went behind Tina Knowles, fetched a white couple and escorted them ahead, which she described as part of a `closed-off culture` and `racially charged` atmosphere.
- The documentary, executive produced by Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions, features Tina Knowles recalling, `I mean, just blatant, on the red carpet... a White person?` and aims to reclaim Black contributions to Western culture.
- The Kentucky Derby did not immediately respond to requests for comment from theGrio, while social media users reacted with mixed views, both supporting and questioning Knowles’s account.
- The documentary situates Knowles’s account within a longer history of erasure, highlighting how Black cowboys and early Black jockeys won 15 of the first 28 Kentucky Derby races before exclusion pushed them out.
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Tina Knowles Says She Was Pushed Aside For A White Couple At The Kentucky Derby — ‘Oh We Need A White Person?’
Source: Gilbert Carrasquillo / Getty Tina Knowles is opening up about a time when she was disrespected at one of the biggest events in the South: The Kentucky Derby. The 71-year-old businesswoman appeared at Peacock’s brand new three-part documentary High Horse: The Black Cowboy, which debuted Nov. 20, where she claimed a staffer intentionally pushed a white couple in front of her as she was getting ready to walk down the red carpet. “It was a …
‘Oh No, Not a White Couple!’: Tina Knowles Says Staff at a High-Society Red Carpet Pushed Her Aside for a Couple as Fans Poke Holes in Her Story
The 71-year-old matriarch of Beyoncé is finally opening up about a tense, unsettling moment she says she experienced at one of the most high-profile gatherings in the South Tina Knowles claimed mistreated by staff during a red carpet for an event — a move she described as “blatant” and hard to ignore. She didn’t spell out what she felt was really happening, but her tone carried the weight of a deeper slight — the kind of quiet disrespect many vi…
Tina Knowles Says She Was Pushed Aside For A White Couple At The Kentucky Derby — ‘Oh We Need A White Person?’
Source: Gilbert Carrasquillo / Getty Tina Knowles is opening up about a time when she was disrespected at one of the biggest events in the South: The Kentucky Derby. The 71-year-old businesswoman appeared at Peacock’s brand new three-part documentary High Horse: The Black Cowboy, which debuted Nov. 20, where she claimed a staffer intentionally pushed a white couple in front of her as she was getting ready to walk down the red carpet. “It was a …
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