Early bird tickets for AfroFuture Fest had started at $10 for "people of colour" and $20 for "non-people of colour".
Organisers of a music and arts festival in Detroit that was charging attendees different prices based on their skin colour have ditched the controversial model after receiving "threats from white supremacists".
Tickets for AfroFuture Fest, scheduled for the weekend of 3 August, had been split into different rates - with early bird prices starting at $10 for "people of colour" and $20 for "non-people of colour".
Some "POC" tickets were also made available for free and were quickly snapped up, and the strategy prompted biracial rapper Tiny Jag to drop out of the show and demand her name be removed from promotional material
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Organisers of a music and arts festival in Detroit that was charging attendees different prices based on their skin colour have ditched the controversial model after receiving "threats from white supremacists".
Tickets for AfroFuture Fest, scheduled for the weekend of 3 August, had been split into different rates - with early bird prices starting at $10 for "people of colour" and $20 for "non-people of colour".
Some "POC" tickets were also made available for free and were quickly snapped up, and the strategy prompted biracial rapper Tiny Jag to drop out of the show and demand her name be removed from promotional material
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Festival scraps cheaper 'people of colour' tickets after 'white supremacist threats'
Early bird tickets for AfroFuture Fest had started at $10 for "people of colour" and $20 for "non-people of colour".
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