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Tiny Jag pulls out of AfroFuture Fest after learning...
https://www.metrotimes.com/city-slang/archives/2019/07/04/tiny-jag-pulls-out-of-afrofuture-fest-afte ^ | July 4, 2019 | Sonia Khaleel

Posted on 07/07/2019 1:39:02 PM PDT by Widget Jr

FULL TITLE: Tiny Jag pulls out of AfroFuture Fest after learning white people would be charged a different price to attend

Jillian Graham, aka Detroit-based rapper Tiny Jag, pulled out of a local music festival this week because she disagreed with its pay model, in which people of color would pay less for tickets than white festivalgoers.

Graham said she only found out about AfroFuture Fest's pay model when a white friend reached out to her and sent her a screenshot via Instagram that outlined the pay difference. The early bird POC ("people of color") ticket was $10 while the early bird "non-POC" ticket cost $20.

"I was immediately enraged just because I am biracial," Graham tells 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."

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KEYWORDS: afrofuturefest; chat; detroit; dotherightthing; intersectionalism; localnews; music; rap; tinyjag
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To: Widget Jr
My sister-in-law is a physician/surgeon. She has systematically removed "M.D." and "Dr." from all her shopping and financial related materials. Further, she won't disclose her profession, especially when purchasing large-ticket items, or where procuring domestic services are concerned. The reason? Doctors get shamelessly "soaked" in these transactions, vs us "normal" folks. The reason: Well, because they are rich and can afford to be fleeced.

That ain't right, you might say. No kidding, Sherlock. But it's a fact of life. Is poor-on-rich discrimination any worse than black-on-white discrimination? Open for discussion.

21 posted on 07/07/2019 2:13:22 PM PDT by Scooter100
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To: LucyT

Confusion is perhaps about “early bird” pricing is really about pricing based on skin color.

similar thread
Vanity: Upcoming Detroit Festival Charges “Non Persons of Color” Double Price to Attend
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3761993/posts
see post #56 -The Ten Stages of Genocide

Article:

Detroit music festival sets ticket prices based on race
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/detroit-music-festival-sets-ticket-prices-based-on-race

The AfroFuture music and arts festival in Detroit is facing controversy after ticket sales began to use different pricing for people based on the color of their skin. The AfroFuture music and arts festival in Detroit is facing controversy after ticket sales began to use different pricing for people based on the color of their skin.


22 posted on 07/07/2019 2:28:25 PM PDT by Whenifhow (when, if and how will Obama be gone?)
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To: Widget Jr
Remember: it’s not racial discrimination when we do it. 😁
23 posted on 07/07/2019 2:32:12 PM PDT by Tzimisce
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To: Widget Jr

Brand-new (R). Wonder if she attended, if they’d charge her $15


24 posted on 07/07/2019 2:34:17 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Widget Jr

White kids are so stupid. They love their servitude, they really do. They love groveling.


25 posted on 07/07/2019 2:39:52 PM PDT by FrdmLvr (They never thought she would lose.)
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To: Widget Jr

Afrofuturism comes from Black nationalism and black separatism. They espouse a supremacist ideology of hate. Has been that way since the 1950s and never changed.


26 posted on 07/07/2019 2:40:32 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (TDenounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: bgill

...Took a while to figure out this wasn’t about a little car...

I had an old school read on that too.
Thinking an XKE convertible.


27 posted on 07/07/2019 2:55:20 PM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning)
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To: FrdmLvr

They have been browbeaten and propagandized into that attitude, it’s not inherent in them.


28 posted on 07/07/2019 3:17:29 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: Brilliant

Just label it the “Affirmative action” price.


29 posted on 07/07/2019 3:24:10 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: Widget Jr

Can this be tried with rental property or mortgages.


30 posted on 07/07/2019 3:25:05 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Widget Jr

Go blackfaced


31 posted on 07/07/2019 3:27:42 PM PDT by Bommer (Help 2ndDivisionVet - https://www.gofundme.com/mvc.php?route=category&term=married-recent-ampute)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Many self loathing whites will gladly go...and feel morally superior.


32 posted on 07/07/2019 3:35:06 PM PDT by chasio649 (Donald Trump is not the president we need, he is the president SJWs deserve)
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To: bgill

Ha! I automatically thought little car too.


33 posted on 07/07/2019 3:44:46 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: Widget Jr

I made the mistake of going to a Herbie Hancock concert one time, just because I liked some of his music.

Just because you like somebody’s music doesn’t mean they like you.


34 posted on 07/07/2019 3:49:32 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Capitalism produces EVERYTHING Socialists/Communists/Democratic-Socialists wish to "redistribute.")
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To: Scooter100

I’ve come to realize that car salesmen, while making small talk, ask “what kind of work do you?” in order to gauge your income level.
I refused to tell a salesman what I did and he got a bit agitated asking me “are you a spy”?
I wasn’t ready to buy a vehicle, just looking at the time.
Your sister in law made a wise decision.


35 posted on 07/07/2019 4:27:59 PM PDT by Redcitizen (Tagline not secure.)
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To: Widget Jr

Good for her - looks like a number here missed the point and opted to express their dislike of rap and such...and they mock Dems for never staying on topic with their own arguments....ironic.


36 posted on 07/08/2019 3:33:59 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: trebb

I noticed that.


37 posted on 07/08/2019 4:56:57 AM PDT by Widget Jr
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To: Widget Jr
Okay, I admit that when I saw "Tiny Jag," I thought:


38 posted on 07/08/2019 5:19:26 AM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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To: Widget Jr

Yep - we have a lot of “diversity” here at FR these days...being polluted by a lot of “quasi-pseudo conservatives” and some Lonely Hearts Club folks.


39 posted on 07/09/2019 3:22:23 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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