An Afrofuturist festival in Detroit charged white people $20 and black people $10, then they got hit with backlash - CNN

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An Afrofuturisc gathering says it switched its choice to charge white individuals more for tickets to its Detroit celebration than dark and darker individuals since they got dangers, a craftsman dropped out and a ticketing site threatened to unpublish their occasion.

The Eventbrite page for "AfroFuture Fest," facilitated by Afrofuture Youth, promoted a "Prompt riser POC Ticket" for $10 - with POC signifying "ethnic minorities" - and a "Timely riser NONPOC Ticket" for $20. The gathering characterized "NONPOC" as white individuals


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