Chance the Rapper is one of my favorite artists. Not only is his twitter personality painfully adorable, but his music is bomb. His newest mixtape Coloring Book released in May, and it’s straight fire. It features artists like Lil Wayne, Kanye, 2 Chainz, Justin Beiber, Future, Jeremih, and more. Overall, it was a huge hit for Chance’s career, and if you listen to it you can tell why it made if to number eight on the Billboard 200.

University of California, Davis, booked Chance to perform in October while he’s on his Magnificent Coloring World Tour. Pretty dope for all students involved. But, since it’s 2016 and social justice warriors feel the need to project their views onto virtually everybody, one student took to the Facebook event to demand that all of the white people who bought floor tickets need to give them to black people, because apparently the album “wasn’t even made” for white people.

Well. Okay then. People were pretty quick to combat this attitude, and after spending a solid thirty minutes sorting through the comments, I’ve captured some gems from both sides of the argument for you.

At least she was willing to have respectful, thought-provoking discussions with those who didn’t agree with her logic.

Or not. I’m going to go out on a limb here and suggest that calling someone “privileged” is the new “yo momma” joke. It’s basically like saying “Hey, I’m out of concrete arguments but I really want to win this one so I’m going to try to make you look like a piece of shit.” Tagging it onto an argument delegitimizes any previous statements and tells everyone involved that you’re only interested in being a victim. That’s my biggest problem with this chick– she automatically labels anyone who disagrees with her a racist. Her logic is almost too stupid to argue, but I think I can find it in me to explain why she’s wrong.

The real problem with this post is that even though this girl probably think she’s doing the right thing, what she’s advocating for is segregation. She literally wants all the white people to sit in the back of the audience. Haven’t we seen this before, and didn’t we as a society decide that it’s fundamentally wrong?

What’s really ironic is that this album has a really strong bible verse feel to it–the majority of the mixtape sounds like gospel choirs. It’s like she didn’t even listen to the music she thinks she’s protecting. Chance describes himself as a Christian man and repeatedly brings church and religion into this record because of his strong ideals. I wonder what he would think about a fan attempting to segregate the audience who paid money to hear him rap themes of spiritual fulfillment? There’s no way he would approve of the shit this chick is spewing, because he’s said in interviews that he wants his album to inspire unity in communities. Remind me again where the unity is in asking white people to forfeit their tickets because of the color of their skin?

Here’s a crazy idea: let’s all enjoy music together, instead of fighting about who it belongs to. Music doesn’t come with a disclaimer; it’s meant to be experienced and interpreted however the fuck you want. If someone likes an artist and is pumped at the idea of seeing that artist perform, you have no right telling them that they’re not the “intended audience.” Spend more time experiencing the music on a personal level, and less time trying to ensue a racial divide and arguing over who is more deserving of the chance (lol) to see it up close and personal. .

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