Music Festival Charges Whites Double, Hero Dr. Mike, & USWNT Equal Pay Debate (Its Complicated)

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Afrofest 00:06 - Dr Mike 3:43 - TIA 4:44 - World Cup 6:31

3:35 "youth subjected to racist comments on our Instagram page" you mean like your straight up racist pricing policy? Discrimination based on skin color is racism, it doesn't matter what skin color that person is. The biggest problem I see with racism today are these sort of "its for a good cause" sort of arguments that somehow racism is okay because it is pro minority. I am white, I grew up on food stamps and government assistance programs. My family did not have money. Hell, my grandmother was born in, and spent her childhood in an overcrowded log cabin. She wore dresses made from repurposed flour bags until she graduated highschool. Being white isn't a free pass in life, for those of us that grew up poor and disadvantaged, these kind of policies that claim to be intended to help the poor and disadvantaged, but only if we are the right skin color, are a slap in the face. If you truly want to help a group of people, skin color is not a metric to go by. If you really want to help people you look at their circumstances, their opportunities, and their potential, and tailor your help for that specific individual. Skin color should not even be a factor, if it is for you, than you are by definition, a racist.

Sjws are obviously cancer, but pay the damn women´s soccer team more than the men´s team ffs.
They bring in more cash so more of that cash is rightfully theirs.

They changed tbe ticket price because it is illegal in every state to discriminate (charge higher price arbitrarily) by ethnicity/race. Way to add that minor detail, Phil. Your journalistic standards never fail.

How about we have the women's team play against the men's team and the winner gets all the money? Oh wait that would be too equal of a way to settle it....

Why the everloving fuck would I want to go to a concert in Detroit even at regular prices?

racism is real in the states and its against whites and asians.

Only my second video of yours! I love the way you cover a wide array of facts regardless of what kinds of emotions are tied up with them.

This only happens in America because the mens team is that bad lol....in Mexico for example the number for men Obliderate women's Futbol team lol.....its halarious that USA is going through this haha

Yeah I'm all for making a big deal about the unequal pay between the women's soccer team and the men's. Firstly, the fact that there was unequal pay of such an immense proportion not but a few years ago is ridiculous to begin with. Secondly, I know that if I were working as hard as my equal, and still getting paid proportionally less by roughly 10% just because of my sex, I'd still be pretty pissed. So to me, this is a no brainer. It needs to be fixed ASAP.

I understand where the festival was coming from. It was a good place... I think. However, the execution was absolutely deplorable. Much like a number of 4th wave feminist/LGBTQ/equality movements for that matter... Anyway, Phil was absolutely spot on with that alternative idea of focusing more on the local community than SPECIFICALLY skin color. It would have made much more sense. Doesn't seem like they learned their lesson either based off of their rationale for backing down...

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Honestly, most of the black people I know are college educated and well-to-do, so I have no idea where this stereotype of "poor impoverished black people" comes from. Like, there are plenty of poor black people, but there are a lot of poor white and brown people, too. Kind of wish I had access to that "collective white wealth" when I only got one meal a day growing up in a meth-lab trailer park in the middle of a desert, just saying.

They can have equal pay when they get equal viewers

How can you charge a person more for a festival because of their race and believe the stupid excuse came up with? That’s racist. It’s disgusting and wrong period

Isn’t that illegal? Discrimination?

“How severe is this pay gap?” If you are saying this, you’re missing the point. ANY pay gap is unacceptable.

Racism is racism. Charging more based on the colour of someone skin is racist. Period.

Wait...how much are the tickets for people who are Mixed? Native American? Hispanic? Japanese? >_> Just asking.

I love dr mike

10:20 THIS.

As much as we can scream equal pay, but the World Cup is an international competition, and it's well known that the women's football teams worldwide are far less skilled than the men's counterpart, and that reflects why the Men's WC has a more diverse Round of 8/16 every edition, while the US women's team wins almost every WC. Bringing an American economical issue to the world doesn't seem like the smartest thign to do because of the dynamics.

I am here for Eventbrite! That's why you get all my money!

Regarding pay in entertainment (sports), it is as it is in most other places.
You should get rewards relatable to the revenue you bring in and in relation to how easy you are to replace.
No matter gender or race or whatever other excuses people tend to blame it on. But you have to show it of before the rewards come. So winning one world championship is impressive and should have given a bonus no doubt. But consistency is also a factor. So when you continue to deliver, reward should follow. If not, achieve somewhere else.
Womens "soccer" championships are however, on a world level very new, and low rated, in comparison to the mens version. So in a broad sense, it makes sense that women "soccer" players receive a lower payout. This will however, probably change as womens "soccer" grows. But I doubt it ever will bring in the revenue that mens "soccer" does. Thus, the general level of reward will be comparably lower.

Lolol what if you were mixed with a black and white background? Like the fuck you gonna do charge more than black people but less than white people? Either way, still racist.

Racism and Segregation still exists today. I'm not sorry. If you're a black or ANY colored person who supports these ideals, you are worse than a slave. You are a demon who shall be sentenced to Hell for all of eternity.

Discrimination against a white person is STILL discrimination. You *can* be racist toward white people. It baffles me that there is such a double standard on this. Yes, prejudice very often happens to minorities and non-white people, but it can still happen TO white people.

Just think if your sports organization was the first in the world and history to unequivocally pay all members and genders the same. They would get soooooo much good press and support, more than any “loss” from paying those higher salaries.

This is why feminists are retarded... the women actually get paid MORE then women in soccer but thats because compared to the mens world cup NO-ONE watches the womens league.

I'm a simple person. I see Dr. Mike, I click... Also I watch the show regularly so-

IT IS ILLEGAL to discriminate on someone based on race. Those tickets discriminated based on race.

Common Sense: "Bring proof of address that you are a local and you get in half price."
Racism: "Whities are charged double."

I don't buy that this was a whoopsie. You need to be a special level of stupid to come up with such a bad idea, and for everyone around you to give you the thumbs up. They KNEW this was a racist move. Though since some of the performers were not aware of this idea, maybe it wasn't something that had support from all the staff. It's still impressive someone with the authority to do this was allowed to do it though. I am not going to drop my suspicions that this was done with racist intent until I hear an apology.

Them changing it did not sound even remotely like an apology, and in fact was blamed on racists. They canceled their racist price system due to white supremicists. They fucked up again. God damn it. "White supremecists credited with ending racist rules" is not what we need right now. When will people learn that racism begets racism. Doing this to white people will always hurt black people. Doing this to black people will always hurt white people. Stop making the opposing team look good!

Afrofuture needs to be canceled.

Of course the women should make more than the men not less. The women's team have scored more goals in a single game then the men have scored total in their last World Cup total goals. The women win, then men leave us disappointed.

It is racist people think cause there white its not racist that's not how it works

Lol women get paid cause no one wants to watch women football

Just when you thought Fire Festival was the #1 Festival Failure, DeeeeTroit CiTeh steps up to the plate and swings like a Tiger with Cecil on third, Trammel on second and down by 1 at the bottom of the 9th 'n two outs on the board.

But don't worry AFF, you've got the LoLions to help you out in the Fall -- might get rickrolled by the CiTeh again in Festive Failures and give you the deuce spot. And there's always Florida Man to help you out, should He get get Organized enough. Oh, and Storm'n Area 51. Maybe we'll charge more for Illegal Aliens to join the Storm and profile by country of origin.

The US women’s team lost the a group of 14 year old boys. How can they ask for more money. Lol. 🙄.
I’ve never watch women’s soccer and never will.
Women’s soccer doesn’t have a following like men’s. It comes down to how much money they can bring in not if they’re winning games.

Why don’t you call it what it is Phil? They were black racist! I’m so tired of hypocrites, which those in charge of the concert are.
Don’t even come at me with “blacks can’t be racist” bull shit.

Goddamn it Phil, I watch these shows in the dark at night, I don't need a huge picture of an insect up in my face to scare me half to death.

This is racist and stupid.
Seams like everyone thinks black people are poor.

My country has also some "Illuminated" people like this. They think there should be and easy way in to college for black people and gipsies 🤦
Instead of giving the opportunity available for poor but hardworking kids ( of any color or background).

If this isn't discriminating based on your "race" I don't know what it is.

And here you can't buy your way into college, it takes only your grades into account but they want a special system appart from other's so that black people and gipsies would be able to get into college even if they have worse grades than any other poor kid.

There’s a pay gap due to viewership and sponsorship. Simple as that. Women’s soccer in general draws less viewership. As the ladies continue to win, they’ll draw more viewership in the US and get paid more. Women’s international soccer is less competitive

so many people in the US can't comprehend the meaning of th term 'racism'

Dr. Mike looks like a hero because obviously he looks like he is a man that needs to make him look more attractive. Ticks great conversation starter;) so how about them Texan ticks they're so vegan judgy they make you allergic to meat.

Instead of saying hey pay us like the men although we dont draw the men's revenue, you should examine how to draw (without shaming) people to your sport. Maybe change some rules, play the men I'm exhibition games, advertise more, maybe a video game if you dont already have one,

People who support equal pay do not understand free market capitalism. Even where the gender is the same you see the difference. For example, a college football team that is not in one big five conference's can go undefeated and not make as much money as a team in the big five who performs poorly. This is because there is a bigger draw. Again free market capitalism.

So, let me get this straight for years minorities have been fighting for justice just to turn around and do it themselves? Why not have am earlier release date to buy tix if you live in that area? Problem solved.

The females are not better than males. They are better at beating the females than the males beating the males. . To do a one to one, the males would have to play the females or vice versa. Also, the males drew more money. It's called capitalism.

So basically they are saying that people of color are poor

This is so disappointing and damaging to POC who are doing actual good for the community instead of attempting to revive a harsh part of Hammurabi's Code.
If you don't want out-of-towners snatching up tickets, then sell the tickets at select locations within the city of Detroit and NOT online? Perhaps in predominately African-American areas if you don't want a bunch of wippl there? You could have done SO MUCH better, AfroFuture. Instead, you're perpetuating racism by charging more money to people who you think deserve to be punished for something they didn't even necessarily do.