Maryland Library Event Rolls Back Scheme Charging White People More

An event being held at a public library in Maryland is no longer charging different rates for white men and others after backlash from county officials. The event was charging white male vendors $275 or $325 and businesses owned by women or minorities $225 or $250, according to a vendor application reviewed by the Washington Times. The event, MoComCon 2024, is slated to be held at Germantown Library and BlackRock Center for the Arts. County officials initially defended the decision and promoted the event widely on social media. The vendor pricing scheme is “a specific push to especially attract that type of vendor so that attendees who were also focused on trying to reach minority, black and brown communities, that they have vendors as well,” Mary Anderson, a spokesperson for Montgomery County, told the Washington Times. “Many minority vendors and younger startups and that sort of thing. They generally are in a financial position that it may benefit them if there is a reduction in price.”...