Why is blatant racism still allowed today? Does the Civil Rights Act only apply if you have certain amount of melanin in your skin? MLK must be rolling in his grave. I am quite sure he'd be ashamed to associate with these types people.



Biracial rapper pulls out of festival after learning white people charged $10 more than people of color

By Nicole Darrah | Fox News

A biracial rapper pulled out of a Michigan music festival after she learned that white people would be charged twice the amount to attend than "people of color."

Tiny Jag, whose real name is Jillian Graham, was scheduled to perform at AfroFuture Fest's event in Detroit in August. But when she learned about the ticket inconsistency based on race, she quickly dropped out.

"I was immediately enraged just because I am biracial," Graham told the Detroit Metro Times. "I have family members that would have, under those circumstances, been subjected to something that I would not ever want them to be in ... especially not because of anything that I have going on."

The early bird "people of color" tickets cost $10, while "non-POC" tickets cost $20, the news outlet reported on Thursday. The rapper said she learned of the festival's pay model when a white friend sent her a screenshot of an Instagram advertisement. She later publicly withdrew her support.

Graham — whose grandmother is white — said while she understands the goal of equity and equality for the black community, she called the moved "non-progressive" and "not solution-focused."

"It seems almost like it has spite, and unfortunately with spite comes hate, and that’s just not obviously going to be a good direction for us to go if we’re looking for positive change," she told the news outlet.

AfroFuture explained their policy and rationale for it on their Eventbrite page. Organizers cite "equality" and "equity" in their ticketing, and state their structure "was built to insure that the most marginalized communities (people of color) are provided with an equitable chance at enjoying events in their own community (black Detroit)."

"Affording joy and pleasure is unfortunately still a privilege in our society for POC and we believe everyone should have access to receiving such," organizers wrote.

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So it was so the poor black community could come.

I guess poor white folks (if they really exist) are just SOL.

When I opened this thread I expected it to be about getting state or Federal government jobs.

I am not surprised. The left embraces descrimination as long as it is against white folks. Regards 18DAI

They've gotta make up for all of that white privilege.

Race based decisions are now okay. Hmmm...
That sets the clock back somewhat.

You silly honkeys. Don't you know there's no such thing as a poor white.

If crackers gotta pay $10 more, & the rapper is 1/2 white, is that like $5 more instead of $10?

What if I’m 1/4 honkey, is that an extra $2.50?

What about “white” Hispanics (like George Zimmerman)?

Does Jewish count as white? What would Sammy Davis Jr owe?

I’m gonna need a sliding scale here, in writing. Like a chart or something.

If this isn't racist, I don't know what is.

How does the City allow it? Doesn't this fall under racism laws...…..What happens if you're Spanish, do you pay like $15???

White's a color...

Can they self-identify as whatever cost the least?

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White's a color...

As a matter of fact, white is all colors. Talk about inclusive!

And black is an absence of color, so can they still be a person of color???

Why is OK to day 'person of color", but not 'colored person'?

My GF's mom (99YO) is in a very nice nursing home. She was going on about how polite and professional the staff was, especially the colored people.

We had a hard time explaining to her why she shouldn't say 'colored people'. 'Black' is OK. 'African-American' is OK. 'Person of color' is OK. 'Colored people' or anything that starts with the letter 'N' is verboten. I'm afraid we left her very confused.

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My GF's mom (99YO) is in a very nice nursing home. She was going on about how polite and professional the staff was, especially the colored people.

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Most of the CNAs are used to it, here in the South. They understand that it is a generational thing. In fact at 99 years of age the use of the word colored is considered being polite. The majority of the CNAs are black and young. They have to deal with stuff a lot more difficult than word choice from elderly people.

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How does the City allow it? Doesn't this fall under racism laws...…..What happens if you're Spanish, do you pay like $15???

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No the 15 dollars is for Italians only.

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Originally posted by Skins2881:
A biracial rapper pulled out of a Michigan music festival after she learned that white people would be charged twice the amount to attend than "people of color."

Good on her!

Racism in Post Obama America is only white on black and wearing a red baseball cap, to the looney left and most liberal Democrats this scenario is perfectly acceptable. The response I expected would be “Why would whitey wanna go
To a rap concert anyways.”

And WHERE is the ACLU?

Imagine if the ticket pricing deal was REVERSED. The ACLU would be on EVERY liberal media channel voicing their OUTRAGE.