The event which triggered the complaint, Taking Back Pride, is free, but organizers have told 'white allies and accomplices' they 'will be charged a $10 to $50 reparations fee that will be used to keep this event free of cost for Black and brown trans and queer community.'Ī Seattle pride event is charging a 'reparations fee' for white attendees that could range anywhere from $10 to $50, even though it is being held in the city's Jimi Hendrix Park, which is a taxpayer-funded public space. Philip Lipson and Charlette LeFevre were slammed and publicly shamed by Seattle's Human Rights Commission which shared their complaint, complete with their unobscured phone number, as well as the Commission's response on Twitter. A pair of LGBT pride organizers were publicly shamed by Seattle officials after complaining that an event seeking to charge white people $50 'reparations' to attend was reverse racism.
