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Originally posted by DSTCHAOS
Based on the article, it doesn't seem as though the elected official was saying that SCSU was being discriminated against based on race.

This isn't to be confused with someone playing the "race card" (stupid phrase). The people who know about the logistics and policies behind the matter know that it is an economic issue and not a race issue.

I disagree:

Ford wrote the 2,000 tickets were "irreverent and derided the African American community by limiting the school's ability to sell more tickets."

"For them to offer South Carolina State 2,000 tickets is a big insult and total disrespect to black people in South Carolina and black folks are already mad," Ford said. "It was an irresponsible, stupid mistake."