We see examples often. Being politically correct, driven by the Left, in some instances is literally killing us (see San Bernadino). The Left perpetually creates new victim classes and the butt hurt is rampant.
Today's example:
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Activists Say Rock Festivals Have Too Many ‘White Male’ Acts, Demand Change
Equality activists are pressuring British music festivals to end their reliance on bands dominated by white males.
Diversity experts ordered organizers to “open their minds” and book more female and ethnic minority acts at some fo the country’s biggest festivals including Reading, Leeds, Download, V Fest and Glastonbury.
Festival bosses typically respond by observing that their job is to sell tickets rather than meet diversity quotas, so they book their acts accordingly.
However, that hasn’t stopped the social justice warriors from interfering.
But despite the events’ evident financial success, they are continually criticized for their choice of artists – typically world-famous rock bands consisting of four or five white male musicians.
Some festivals swore to take the criticism into account. Bestival, a smaller event with a hippy reputation, said it has a “responsibility to help rebalance the male dominance of festival line-ups”.
As such, it is introducing gender quotas for its DJ stage next year, and will insist half of artists are female.
Other, more established festivals, have been less keen on such advice in the past.
When one of the organizers of Reading and Leeds Festival was asked in 2015 why they kept booking so many men, he cited economics.
Speaking to the Guardian, he said: “Why do you think we book the same male acts again and again? Because they sell tickets.
“Trust me, if there was a female headline act in the rock genre that sold the same amount of tickets as any one of the headline acts this year, I’d book them.”
Today's example:
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Activists Say Rock Festivals Have Too Many ‘White Male’ Acts, Demand Change
Equality activists are pressuring British music festivals to end their reliance on bands dominated by white males.
Diversity experts ordered organizers to “open their minds” and book more female and ethnic minority acts at some fo the country’s biggest festivals including Reading, Leeds, Download, V Fest and Glastonbury.
Festival bosses typically respond by observing that their job is to sell tickets rather than meet diversity quotas, so they book their acts accordingly.
However, that hasn’t stopped the social justice warriors from interfering.
But despite the events’ evident financial success, they are continually criticized for their choice of artists – typically world-famous rock bands consisting of four or five white male musicians.
Some festivals swore to take the criticism into account. Bestival, a smaller event with a hippy reputation, said it has a “responsibility to help rebalance the male dominance of festival line-ups”.
As such, it is introducing gender quotas for its DJ stage next year, and will insist half of artists are female.
Other, more established festivals, have been less keen on such advice in the past.
When one of the organizers of Reading and Leeds Festival was asked in 2015 why they kept booking so many men, he cited economics.
Speaking to the Guardian, he said: “Why do you think we book the same male acts again and again? Because they sell tickets.
“Trust me, if there was a female headline act in the rock genre that sold the same amount of tickets as any one of the headline acts this year, I’d book them.”