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row future fest advertised a people of color ticket for $10. the site also offered early bird nonpeople of color tickets for 20 bucks. news of the group s pricing differential hit social media when a biracial artist named tiny jaguar got wind of the controversial policy and refused to perform. the strong reaction causing the organizers to send out a tweet reversing the controversial pricing based upon race and cnn s ryan young is on this story for us today. i can t say i ve ever heard of something like this. i don t know if you have what do you know about this? well, you know, first things first. the internet has a lot of backlash. young black kids in detroit using mostly local artist sounds great on the surface but this had a twist. people of color, black or brown, could pay $10, and white people $20. as you can imagine, when parts of the internet got wind of this, this small event started getting swamps of calls of threats or racism. event bright put out a statement
should have some leniency. i should show compassion or this person to the reverse should have a much higher sentence. judges often don t like to have the mandatory minimums because it takes away their actual prerogative. judge ellis one is of those judges who has been notorious in the last couple years saying i don t like the fact that i have zero discretion of where i want to move the needle. on the other hand, white collar criminals compared to street crime criminal are treated differently and most people think there should be kid gloves because they re nonviolent offenders and the term white collar crime denotes some form of respectability that should be given to these criminals as opposed to others. and that sort of cast system has been to detriment of people of color in this country for a long time. also to nonpeople of color as well. but the bigger issue here is why this particular judge decided to divert from the sentencing guide looin lines by 15 iers, particularly given the fa
reaction. i want to show reaction from simone sanders. i think that s exactly what she should be doing. you know, full disclosure, i spoke to senator warren about this a number of times because i am someone that was vocal when she put out the dna test, i think i tweeted and then i had an opportunity to speak with her about it. i said when i tweeted that it s unfortunate that she felt she had to do this, because this is something that republicans, donald trump included, just continue to bring up. and i do believe that senator warren understands the sensitivities around it, the issues around it, but i think it s important that while she s out here on the campaign trail that folks understand that, one, she knows that she has to marry her message with the real issues that folks are dealing with every single day in their lives. there are issues that people of color in this country deal with that nonpeople of color do not.
and there are issues that people of color in this country deal with that nonpeople of color do not and elizabeth warren, i think in a lot of the policies she has put forth since being a united states senator understands that and demonstrates via policy, i think it is important she says that and that is why she is saying i am not a person of color, it is an acknowledgment that a number of people across this country need to hear. i m not a person of color, but i understand the plight, and i am willing not only to be an ally but an accomplice. i was happy to hear her say that. she is not a person of color but she is a woman and that seems to be causing a little bit of a kerr fuffle, this iowa trip comes amid the headlines of ones like this, politico, warning, warren battles the ghosts of hillary, if you run against trump, you have to run against hillary if you re a woman. continuing to shoulder gender criticism and demands not placed on the male counterparts, to be strong nut not too