Poll of the Day > Singer tells white people to go to back.

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http://nationalpost.com/news/canada/halifax-music-fest-apologizes-for-overt-racism-at-polaris-winners-concert

they blacklisted a photographer when they didn't do it and apologized to the singer lulz, this world is fucked.
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What is this; I don't even?

The Halifax Pop Explosion music festival is apologizing for the actions of a volunteer who interrupted a performance by Polaris Prize-winning singer Lido Pimienta with overt racism.

A statement on behalf of the festivals board of directors addresses the singer directly and promises to make changes to improve anti-oppression and anti-racism training over the next year.

We are sorry that one of our volunteers interrupted your art, your show, and your audience by being aggressive and racist, reads a Facebook post signed by vice-chairman Georgie Dudka.

The Halifax festival says the incident involved a white volunteer photographer and several white audience members who reacted negatively when Pimienta invited brown girls to the front during her Oct. 19 show.

The outspoken singer, who took home the Polaris Prize for her album La Papessa last month, frequently asks her audience to welcome people of colour to the front of the stage. In turn, she requests that white people move back.

While Dudka doesnt offer much detail in his post, festival spokesman Trevor Murphy confirmed Allie OManiques account of what transpired.

OManique says the problems started when the volunteer female photographer refused to step away from her spot near the front. It led to a clash with nearby audience members who became angered over her insistence on remaining near the stage to take photos, says OManique, who performs as dream-pop act Trails and shares management with Pimienta.

She just kept saying, Move to the back, says OManique.

You're cutting into my set time and you're disrespecting these women, and I don't have time for this

Finally after saying it about 10 times and the woman refused to move (Pimienta) said, Youre cutting into my set time and youre disrespecting these women, and I dont have time for this.

Event organizers say the volunteer was removed from the show and ultimately chose to sever ties with the festival.

Pimientas management did not respond to requests for comment.

Julia-Simone Rutgers, one of the Halifax women invited by Pimienta to shift closer to the stage, says she was surprised by the photographers refusal to move.

Lido Pimienta, 2017 winner of the Polaris Music Prize accepts her award in Toronto on Monday, September 18, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Donovan
Theres a certain understanding that if an artist asks a crowd to do something the artist is in charge in that space, she says.

The clash was emblematic of the opinion that prioritizing people of colour particularly women is reverse racist, says Rutgers.

Its those mindsets that create that sort of pushback at the shows, she says.

I dont know if I would say it can be attributed to the crowd Pop Explosion gets, or more so just the sort of people that exist in Halifax and the mindsets that prevail here.

The four-day music bash, which wrapped Oct. 21, is usually considered a diverse affair with performances by more than 150 artists, comedians and speakers.

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Pimientas show had its share of audience tensions, says OManique, who highlighted two instances that happened near her in the audience.

There was a man standing behind me, an older man, who was referring to Lido as a racist because she was dividing the crowd, she says.

I also saw two women fighting closer to me, yelling in each others faces and giving each other the finger.

In closing their statement, Halifax Pop Explosion organizers specifically addressed people of colour.

We are going to try our best as a festival to create ways to make our spaces safer and more accessible for you. We hope we can rebuild some trust and that you will come back to our shows.

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Obviously it was the singer who was being racist

I'm glad that I don't know people who are like this or go to places where they do things like this

Watching the world collapse in on itself while I'm living life like a normal human being is pretty satisfying

Fucking stupid move.
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racist bitch probably thinks she didnt do anything wrong. bet she would throw a fit though if she heard someone say "browns to the back"
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Leftwing parties need to call out this shit for what it is. They don't, people associate them with these outright caricatures, and then they lose elections and wonder why.

streamofthesky posted...

Leftwing parties need to call out this shit for what it is. They don't, people associate them with these outright caricatures, and then they lose elections and wonder why.

Can't call out something you endorse yourself
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...it's the fucking photographer

let them do whatever they want as long as it doesn't involve directly getting in your face.

they're the ones who give you publicity, fuck
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I've actually been informed that you can't be racist towards white people
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Trudeau's Canada, ladies and gentlemen

Wanded posted...

streamofthesky posted...

Leftwing parties need to call out this shit for what it is. They don't, people associate them with these outright caricatures, and then they lose elections and wonder why.

Can't call out something you endorse yourself

SkynyrdRocker posted...

Trudeau's Canada, ladies and gentlemen

Case in point.

(imagine this as flat tho)
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Surprise surprise, she's a massive racist:

EightySeven posted...

Surprise surprise, she's a massive racist

Most leftists are, they just redefine racism in a poor attempt to seem like they aren't.
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JFC if those are real she is just full of hate
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