Honkies charged double for Detroit music fest

[Polishprince]

Interesting policy on the part of the folks at Afrofuture.

How much will Beto and Pocahontas be charged, should they decide to attend?

Will Honkies be attacked as racists if they decide not to attend because of the high prices?

Detroit music festival sets ticket prices based on race

 

[Montrovant]

Sounds like a publicity stunt to me. Clearly such a policy is legally discriminatory.

 

[Tehon]

That's funny!

 

[captkaos]

Interesting policy on the part of the folks at Afrofuture.

How much will Beto and Pocahontas be charged, should they decide to attend?

Will Honkies be attacked as racists if they decide not to attend because of the high prices?

Detroit music festival sets ticket prices based on race

I am a "POC" my color just happens to be "white". I think I'll go and "identify" as Black ! I have a bad as 70's "pimp walk"! ( George Jefferson esque) I'll even go get a Big blonde Perm and some bell bottoms. When I get my $20.00 ticket... I'll explode with "DYNOMITE " What if bring a " Black Escort" do I get that discount brother.

 

[007]

This can't be racist, because only whites are racist, just ask blacks, and whites brain washed into white guilt.

 

[Marion Morrison]

Will there be steel guitar players there? If not, I'll pass.

 

[Marion Morrison]

This can't be racist, because only whites are racist, just ask blacks, and whites brain washed into white guilt.

You've been talking to IM2 and Asslips too much.

 

[007]

This can't be racist, because only whites are racist, just ask blacks, and whites brain washed into white guilt.

You've been talking to IM2 and Asslips too much.

I was being facetious. You couldn't pick that up?

 

[Tehon]

Who could blame them?

OUR TICKET 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.

WE'VE SEEN TOO MANY TIMES ORGASMIC EVENTS HAPPENING IN DETROIT AND OTHER POC POPULATED CITIES AND WHAT CONSISTENTLY HAPPENS IS PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY BENEFITING MOST FROM AFFORDABLE TICKET PRICES BECAUSE OF THEIR PROXIMITY TO WEALTH.

THIS CYCLE DISPROPORTIONATELY DISPLACES BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE FROM ENJOYING ENTERTAINMENT IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES.

AfroFuture FEST

 

[Marion Morrison]

This can't be racist, because only whites are racist, just ask blacks, and whites brain washed into white guilt.

You've been talking to IM2 and Asslips too much.

I was being facetious. You couldn't pick that up?

Sarcasm doesn't work a lot of times on teh internets.

 

[harmonica]

"non-people of color."
NONPOC (white people)
hahahahhahahahahahahahahahahah
hahahah---I get to use these terms now...??? POC/NONPOC
hahahahahhahahaha

again--they prove to be the racists [ and dumbasses ] --NOT the whites

 

[Marion Morrison]

Will Charlie Pride be there?

 

[harmonica]

I'm proud to be NONPOC

 

[MindWars]

A Detroit youth music festival is offering different ticket prices for different races, leading one rapper to withdraw from the event.
Detroit Youth Music Festival Offers Different Ticket Prices For Whites, Non-Whites
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Oh they withdraw from the event isn't that just heartbreaking........ HOPE YOU LOSE EVEN MORE MONEY BITCH WAIT UNTIL THE HERO BLACKS STAND UP AND SAY IF YOU DO THAT TO THEM YOU ARE DOING IT TO ME AND THEY ALL LEAVE!!

 

[harmonica]

already a thread
Honkies charged double for Detroit music fest

 

[MisterBeale]

Who could blame them?

OUR TICKET 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.

WE'VE SEEN TOO MANY TIMES ORGASMIC EVENTS HAPPENING IN DETROIT AND OTHER POC POPULATED CITIES AND WHAT CONSISTENTLY HAPPENS IS PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY BENEFITING MOST FROM AFFORDABLE TICKET PRICES BECAUSE OF THEIR PROXIMITY TO WEALTH.

THIS CYCLE DISPROPORTIONATELY DISPLACES BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE FROM ENJOYING ENTERTAINMENT IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES.

AfroFuture FEST

There are better ways to achieve it that don't violate the civil rights act.

What they need to do is, six months to a year prior to the event, do a community outreach IN the community if they are worried about local participation.

This is how white communities do it. It is called benefactor and supporter pricing. If folks are too poor to be benefactors, then they need offer reduced pricing for memberships to people who have financial hardship, based, not on race, but on economic hardship, but whose membership requirements to be a benefactor, are to folks that live in the community.

This way, in order to get reduced ticket pricing, one has to be a member of the arts council. In my town, there is a Arts Council that puts on concerts and festivals all year round. One can be a member of the council. If one is a member, they get reduced ticket pricing.

This is the way these folks putting on the Detriot Music Festival can be more exclusive and can get around violating the OBVIOUS NON-COMPLIANCE with the CIVIL RIGHTS ACT.

From the article;

"Tiny Jag further said of the ticketing policy, "It’s non-progressive and it’s not solution-focused in my eyes. 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."

The legality of AfroFuture's ticket policy is questionable. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Title II states, "All persons shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, and privileges, advantages, and accommodations of any place of public accommodation, as defined in this section, without discrimination or segregation on the ground of race, color, religion, or national origin." The section describes places of public accommodation to include "any motion picture house, theater, concert hall, sports arena, stadium or other place of exhibition or entertainment."


In fact, they don't even need to do an a prior membership, they could just have folks show ID, and give reduced pricing to residents. We have a park in the area that gives reduced rates to ALL local residents.

 

[Tehon]

Who could blame them?

OUR TICKET 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.

WE'VE SEEN TOO MANY TIMES ORGASMIC EVENTS HAPPENING IN DETROIT AND OTHER POC POPULATED CITIES AND WHAT CONSISTENTLY HAPPENS IS PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY BENEFITING MOST FROM AFFORDABLE TICKET PRICES BECAUSE OF THEIR PROXIMITY TO WEALTH.

THIS CYCLE DISPROPORTIONATELY DISPLACES BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE FROM ENJOYING ENTERTAINMENT IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES.

AfroFuture FEST

There are better ways to achieve it that don't violate the civil rights act.

What they need to do is, six months to a year prior to the event, do a community outreach IN the community if they are worried about local participation.

This is how white communities do it. It is called benefactor and supporter pricing. If folks are too poor to be benefactors, then they need offer reduced pricing for memberships to people who have financial hardship, based, not on race, but on economic hardship, but whose membership requirements to be a benefactor, are to folks that live in the community.

This way, in order to get reduced ticket pricing, one has to be a member of the arts council. In my town, there is a Arts Council that puts on concerts and festivals all year round. One can be a member of the council. If one is a member, they get reduced ticket pricing.

This is the way these folks putting on the Detriot Music Festival can be more exclusive and can get around violating the OBVIOUS NON-COMPLIANCE with the CIVIL RIGHTS ACT.

From the article;

"Tiny Jag further said of the ticketing policy, "It’s non-progressive and it’s not solution-focused in my eyes. 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."

The legality of AfroFuture's ticket policy is questionable. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Title II states, "All persons shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, and privileges, advantages, and accommodations of any place of public accommodation, as defined in this section, without discrimination or segregation on the ground of race, color, religion, or national origin." The section describes places of public accommodation to include "any motion picture house, theater, concert hall, sports arena, stadium or other place of exhibition or entertainment."


In fact, they don't even need to do an a prior membership, they could just have folks show ID, and give reduced pricing to residents. We have a park in the area that gives reduced rates to ALL local residents.

Yes, there are better ways to go about it. I also agree with another poster who made the point about this obviously being a violation of the law they may have done it to draw attention to themselves.

 

[FA_Q2]

What surprises me is that we, as a society, tolerate blatant racism like this. You will never see the reverse happen because, rightly so, the people running the event would be called out taken down.

Go the other direction and they feel so comfortable with open racism that they publicly broadcast it to the world with pride.

 

[IM2]

It's funny how all this barking is going on about an event in Detroit while the same people choose to support local, state and national policies that are racist and people cannot avoid the effects.

 

[Zorro!]

I might not like her music. But, I like her stand. Rapper Tiny Jag stands up to racism.

Rapper Tiny Jag pulled out of the AfroFuture music festival in Detroit in protest at their policy of charging white people double the price for tickets.

Until Sunday evening, the festival was actively charging white people double the price of minorities, a system they argued would guarantee marginalized groups were given “equitable chance at enjoying events in their own community.”

This system led the rapper Tiny Jag, who is mixed race and whose real name is Jillian Graham, to pull out the event, denouncing the ticketing structure as “non-progressive” and motivated by “spite.”