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    Rapper Tiny Jag pulls out of Detroit music fest after learning white people pay a higher ticket pric

    Detroit-based rapper Tiny Jag pulled out of a Detroit, MI music festival this week after she learned that white concert-goers would be charged a higher price than people of color.

    Jag, also known as Jillian Graham, told the Detroit Metro Times that she 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 told the 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 organizers of the event are upfront that they are charging different prices based on race, including sharing artwork on social media with a caption about early-bird tickets that reads, "Early Bird POC Tickets are $10 & $20 for NONPOC's & on sale until JULY 17th."

    Jag said it was hard to cancel the show, and apologized to her fans.

    "It's not fun to withdraw out of shows, especially at home, especially in your hometown, and especially when your supporters have been so good to you," she says. "It's also not fun to do that to my fellow Black women, like that sucks too. It sucks that this is a thing that's put a wedge here."

    AfroFuture Fest shared a message on their event page on ticketing site Eventbrite, explaining their price discrepancy. They explained that their ticket structure was built to ensure people in the community would have an equitable chance to enjoy the event.

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    WHY DO WE HAVE POC(PEOPLE OF COLOR) AND NONPOC(WHITE PEOPLE) TICKETS? I'M GLAD YOU ASKED!
    EQUALITY MEANS TREATING EVERYONE THE SAME
    EQUITY IS INSURING EVERYONE HAS WHAT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL
    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.
    AS AN AFROFUTURIST YOUTH LEAD INITIATIVE THE VOICES OF OUR YOUTH INFORM OUR RESISTANCE.
    HERE'S WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY
    " IF YOU DON'T SEE MY BLACKNESS, YOU DON'T SEE ME. PERIODT!"

    We've reached out to Tiny Jag and AfroFuture Fest for comment.

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    Can you imagine the outrage and press if it was the other way around?

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    Can you imagine the outrage and press if it was the other way around?
    Yep...unbelievable. Its a local story, there's a video at this link:

    http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/loca...-people-double

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    As a person of color I am fed up with this kind of hypocrisy and double-standard practice. The Civil Rights movement of the past simply wanted a seat at the table and to be treated fairly and with equality. Some of these devilish people today want strife and division. It is ugly and ungodly.

    Good for that young lady that she stood against such foolishness and reverse discrimination. If I was white you would not find me at such an event. (As a Christian I would never attend such a thing even though I am Black).
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